FCC Announces Effective Date for Wireless Emergency Alert Testing Rules
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) has announced that new rules for the testing of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs)...
NTIA Approves Indiana for BEAD Implementation Funding
NTIA has approved Indiana’s Initial Proposal for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. Indiana can now move to...
FCC Grants Partial Waiver of Sim-Swap, Port-Out Fraud Compliance Deadlines
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has granted in part and denied in part a request to modify the compliance deadlines for rules...
WCB Provides Guidance on RDOF and CAF Phase II Defaults
The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has declined a request for blanket amnesty from RDOF and CAF Phase II default...
WCB Extends Pause of Lifeline Voice Phase-Out and Mobile Data Changes
The Wireline Competition Bureau has extended, until December 1, 2025, the waiver pausing the phase-out of Lifeline support for voice-only services and...
FCC Releases Fifth Progress Report on Reimbursement Program
The FCC has sent a fifth Report to Congress, summarizing the current progress of the Reimbursement Program. The FCC discussed is implementation...
FCC Finds Assurance Wireless Violated Accessibility Rules
The FCC Enforcement Bureau has adopted an Order finding that Assurance Wireless (Assurance) and parent company, T-Mobile, violated rules of service accessibility...
FCC Proposes Extending Jurisdictional Separations Freeze
The FCC has released a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) seeking comment on a proposal that would extend for six years...
Wireline Competition Bureau Extends Form 481 Filing Deadline
The Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has granted a limited waiver to all eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) of the July 1, 2024, filing...
FCC Seeks Comment on IoT Labeling Program Rollout
The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) has requested comment on details relating to the implementation of the FCC’s cybersecurity...
