FCC Chairman Announces Bipartisan USF Reform For Rate of Return Carriers
In a blog post titled “Bipartisan Solutions for Universal Service,” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has announced that he has circulated an Order which modernizes...
Push for More 5G Spectrum Gets Legislative Boost with MOBILE NOW Act
Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) have given new life to the Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless...
Wireline Competition Bureau Releases New A-CAM Reports
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released two new sets of illustrative results for the Alternative Connect America Cost Model version 2.1 (A-CAM v2.1)....
FCC Releases International Broadband Data Report
The FCC’s International Bureau (Bureau) has released its fifth International Broadband Data Report which compares the state of broadband deployment in the U.S. to...
FCC Finds Broadband Deployment Unsatisfactory Yet Again
Once again, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has found that broadband service is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely...
Bureau Releases A-CAM Version 2.1
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released Version 2.1 of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM v2.1), which contains study area-specific plant...
Small Business Exemption to Enhanced Transparency Rule Extended Another Year
The FCC has punted for another year the decision of whether to make permanent the exemption to its enhanced transparency rule adopted in the...
Bureau Finds One Study Area Subject to 100 Percent Competitive Overlap
In July 2015, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) released a preliminary list of 15 rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) study areas subject...
Consumer Advocates Unhappy With New Backup Power Rules
A group of 10 consumer advocate organizations led by the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) has asked the Federal Communications Commission...
U-NII Compliance Deadline Further Extended to March 2, 2016
The FCC has pushed back by three months its December 2, 2015 deadline for certain National Information Infrastructure (U-NII) devices to meet revised Part...
