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...
ATI Facing $1.6 Million Penalty for Failure to Contribute to USF and Other Programs
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture which proposes a penalty of $1,588,988 against Advanced Tel, Inc....
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...
New FCC Form 466 Deadlines for Rural Health Care Program Applicants
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued an Order clarifying the treatment of supporting documentation to applications for support under the universal service Rural...
FCC Updates Price Cap Cost Model, Releases First Rate-of-Return Cost Model
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released version 4.2 of the Connect America Cost Model (CAM v4.2). It incorporates the FCC’s decision in...
Wireline Competition Bureau Dismisses Two Rate Floor Recon Petitions
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has dismissed two petitions that sought reconsideration of various aspects of the FCC’s rate floor rule. The first...
FCC Releases Latest Connect America Fund Report and Order
At its December 2014 open meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Report and Order that continues its efforts to implement the fundamental...
15 Winners of Rural Broadband Experiment Support Seek Waivers; 6 Winners Default
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is seeking comment on petitions filed by 15 provisional winners of rural broadband experiment support that request waivers...
USF Contribution Factor Jumps to 16.8 Percent
The FCC’s Office of Managing Director (OMD) has announced that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the first quarter of 2015 will be...
FCC Order Finalizes Details of CAF Phase II; Modifies Rate-of-Return Support
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Report and Order that continues its efforts to implement the universal service reforms adopted in the...
