List Shows Census Blocks Where Price Cap Carriers Must Continue to Offer Voice Service
In a December 2014 order, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to forbear from the requirement that price cap local exchange carriers offer voice...
FCC Chairman Green Lights AT&T/DirecTV Merger
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has issued a public statement indicating that an order recommending approval of the AT&T/DirecTV merger has been circulated to the...
RUS Awards $86 Million in Rural Broadband Grants and Loans
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has awarded $74.8 million in Telecommunications Loans and $11 million in Community Connect Grants to...
Chairman Wheeler Announces Big August Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its August open meeting, scheduled for August 6, 2015. It contains the...
USAC Board Members Sought
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is seeking nominations for 12 board member positions on the Universal Service Administrative...
Chairman Wheeler Circulates New IP Transition Rules
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has announced that he has circulated among his fellow FCC Commissioners a Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Further...
Bureau Clarifies “Evergreen” Healthcare Contract Status
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released a Public Notice clarifying the scope of the "evergreen" contract exemption in...
Parties Seek Access to Confidential Data in Special Access Proceeding
In June, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) released a Public Notice announcing that it was ready to receive...
August 5 Deadline Set for Comments on Small Business Exemption to Enhanced Transparency Rule
Comment deadlines have been established for the request for comment on the enhanced transparency requirements that were adopted in the FCC’s Open Internet (or...
FCC Open to Providing Net Neutrality Advisory Opinions
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) is spreading the word that any entity that is subject to the FCC’s net neutrality rules (i.e., no blocking,...
