ETC Certification Deadline Pushed to November 17
On its own motion, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has extended the filing deadline for Section 54.314 certifications from October 1 to November...
Comments on NECA Modification to 2018 High-Cost Formula Due by October 5
The National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) has filed its 2018 modification of the average schedule universal service high-cost loop support formula, which, if...
National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier to Launch in Six States This December
The National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (National Verifier) will launch by December 31, 2017 in the six states of Colorado, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Utah,...
Comments on USF Contribution Forbearance Petition Requested by September 13
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released for comment a joint Petition for Forbearance filed by NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association (NTCA) and the...
Study Areas with Potential 100% Overlap May Lose High-Cost Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has identified 13 study areas that it has determined preliminarily to be subject to the “100 percent overlap rule”...
CAF Phase II Technical Guide Details Proposed Bid Procedures for Auction 903
A Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II Technical Guide has been released by the FCC’s Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force, Wireline Competition Bureau and...
CAF Phase II Auction Procedures Proposed
In a unanimous vote, the FCC has proposed procedures for implementing its Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II reverse auction in 2018 to authorize...
Vermont ETCs Must Enter Lifeline Subscriber Data into NLAD by November 1
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted the Vermont Public Service Department’s (Department) request to participate in the National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD). ...
House Bills Would End Lifeline Support for Mobile Service and Require Lifeline Subscribers to...
Two bills proposing major changes to the FCC’s Lifeline program have been introduced in the House of Representatives:
Congressman Austin Scott (R-GA) has introduced...
Counties Receiving Conditional Forbearance from Lifeline Voice Obligation Announced
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released a Public Notice announcing the counties in which conditional forbearance from the obligation to offer Lifeline-supported...
