FCC Provides Lifeline Recertification Guidance
The Federal Communications Commissions' Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued guidance regarding implementation of the rolling recertification process established in the FCC's 2016 Lifeline...
FCC Grants Hardship Waiver of Deadline for Revisions to FCC Form 499-A
The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted a request filed by American Teleconferencing Services, Ltd. d/b/a Premiere Global Services (ATS) seeking review of a...
A-CAM Offers and November 1 Election Deadline Announced
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released the final version of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM), announcing both A-CAM offers and a deadline...
A-CAM Challenge Decisions Released
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an Order concluding its Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) challenge process as to the broadband...
5G “Spectrum Frontiers” Proceeding Teed Up for July Vote
In its continued effort to push high-band spectrum for next generation 5G networks, the FCC plans to vote in its July meeting on a...
FCC Announces Tentative July Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its July open meeting, scheduled for July 14, 2016. It contains the...
CAF Phase II Auction Comments Due July 21
Comment deadlines have been set for the FCC's Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II Report & Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Order...
FCC Issues ORBIT Act Report
The FCC has issued its Seventeenth Report to Congress as required by the Open-Market
Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications Act (ORBIT Act). The Orbit...
Court Rules in Favor of FCC in Open Internet Battle
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) denied the legal challenges of the FCC’s...
FCC Seeks New Framework for Business Data Services
The FCC has commenced a proceeding to establish a new framework for business data services (special access) following its review of the special access...
