Nevada Senator Introduces Sweeping Privacy Bill in Congress
With House and Senate hearings on data privacy recently concluding, Senator Catherine Cortez Mastro (D-NV) has introduced the Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance...
FCC Adopts & Proposes New Rules Related to IP Captioned Telephone Service
In a press release, the FCC announced that it has adopted new rules and proposed further regulations to enhance program management, prevent waste, fraud,...
Senators Re-Introduce Bi-Partisan Bill to Amend TCPA & Expand Robocall Enforcement
Senator John Thune (R-SD), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), author of the Telephone...
RWA Calls for FCC Investigation of T-Mobile Coverage Data
The Rural Wireless Association (RWA) has filed an Informal Request for Commission Action asking the FCC to investigate the 4G LTE coverage claimed by...
One-Time Waiver Granted for FCC Form 509 Filers
On its own motion, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted a one-time waiver of the FCC's rules to allow rate-of-return local exchange carriers...
National Lifeline Verifier to Fully Launch in Five States and Guam in January 2019
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau has announced that the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (National Verifier) will fully launch in five states, including Hawaii, Idaho,...
Updated Form 477 Broadband Data Released
Updated FCC Form 477 data on fixed broadband and mobile voice and broadband deployment as of December 31, 2017 was released by the FCC's...
FCC Seeks Comment on Wireless Carrier/Backhaul Provider Disaster Coordination
The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) has issued a Public Notice seeking comment on the efficacy of the Wireless Resiliency...
FCC Adopts E-Rate Eligible Services List for 2019
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has adopted the E-Rate eligible services list (ESL) for funding year (FY) 2019. In addition,...
Reseller and Owner Hit with $63.5M Proposed Fine
The FCC has proposed a record-high USF-based forfeiture of $63,465,500 against Ohio wireless reseller American Broadband and Telecommunications Company (American Broadband) for "apparent repeated,...
