New A-CAM Map Revises Central Office Locations in 98 Service Areas

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released a revised Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) service area map.  The revised map contains new...

FCC Offers Price Cap Carriers $1.675 Billion in CAF Phase II Funding

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has officially offered model-based Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II support to price cap carriers in exchange for...

Wireline Competition Bureau Approves NECA Average Schedule Formula Revisions

In December, the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) proposed a number of revisions to the formulas that will be used to determine average schedule...

Comcast Abandons Merger

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts announced on CNBC that the nation's largest cable operator has abandoned its attempted $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner, the...

RUS and NTIA Seek Comment on Broadband Opportunity Council

The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) are seeking comment to inform the deliberations of the newly-created Broadband Opportunity Council. The...

FCC Adopts Rules for Citizens Broadband Radio Service

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted rules for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (3.5 GHz band). The Report and Order adopts...

NTIA Releases Latest Spectrum Progress Report

The National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) has released the Fifth Interim Progress Report on the Obama Administration’s initiative to identify and make available 500...

Deadline Set for Open Internet Appeals

The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Open Internet decision was published in the Federal Register on April 13, triggering the deadline for petitions...

Citizens Broadband Radio Service and Competitive Bidding On FCC April Open Meeting Agenda

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the agenda for its April open meeting, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on April 17, 2015. It contains...

Bureau Corrects Phase II Challenge Process Resolution Order

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released an Erratum that amends the Connect America Fund Phase II Challenge Resolution Order. Among other things, the...
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