Comment Sought on Letter of Credit Requirement for Rural Broadband Experiments and CAF Phase...
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is seeking comment on a petition filed by the Alliance of Rural Broadband Applicants that seeks a waiver...
WCB Denies Requests for Waiver of Rural Broadband Experiment Requirements
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has denied 14 petitions filed by provisionally selected winners of rural broadband experiment support that sought a waiver...
FCC Commissioner Announces Staff Departures and Appointments
Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel recently announced that two of her staff members will be departing the Commission for Capitol Hill. David Goldman, who...
FCC Raises Definition of Broadband to 25 Mbps, Declares U.S. Broadband Deployment Inadequate
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released its 2015 Broadband Progress Report in which it concludes that broadband is not being deployed to all...
Sanders Infrastructure Bill Contains $5 Billion For Broadband Deployment
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, has introduced the “Rebuild America Act of 2015,” a $1 trillion infrastructure-funding bill...
FTC Report Recommends Security Practices for The Internet of Things
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released a report on the “Internet of Things” in which FTC staff “recommend a series of concrete steps...
AT&T Changes CAF Phase I Deployment Plans; Existing Providers Have 45 Days to Respond
AT&T Inc. (AT&T) has notified the Federal Communications Commission that it intends to modify its Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase I Round 2 broadband...
Wireless Bureau Sets Deadline for Oppositions to Applications for Review in Data Roaming Proceeding
AT&T and Verizon Wireless have each filed “applications for review” with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) in an attempt to reverse an earlier...
Absolutely No Wi-Fi Blocking, Says FCC in (Literally) Bold Warning
The FCC has issued an Enforcement Advisory emphatically reminding hotels, convention centers and any other commercial establishments that blocking the personal Wi-Fi hotspots of...
NECA Revises Average Schedule Formulas For Interstate Access Service Settlements
The National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) has proposed a number of revisions to the formulas that will be used to determine average schedule...
