Rural Broadband Experiments Application Window Opens Oct. 23; Application Deadline is Nov. 7
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced that the rural broadband experiments application filing window will open on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 9:00...
Bureaus to Refresh Record on Compliance With Broadband Speed Obligations
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and Office of Engineering and Technology (collectively, Bureaus) are seeking comment on the methodology to be...
Letter of Credit Waiver Granted in Tribal Mobility Phase I
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has granted a waiver of the FCC’s letter of credit (LOC) requirement in Tribal Mobility Fund Phase I...
FCC Dismisses 12 Petitions as Moot Due to USF/ICC Transformation Order
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released an Order that dismisses 12 petitions seeking various forms of relief due to regulatory changes that were...
Order Tackles High-Cost Line Count Disputes
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an order addressing two more challenges related to claims for universal service high-cost support. This order...
Four Carriers Increase ICC Recovery Mechanism Support Due to Inclusion of Halo Revenue
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has granted in part, subject to certain conditions, a petition filed by TDS Telecommunications Corp. and a petition jointly...
Federal-State Joint Board to Examine, Recommend Changes to USF Contribution Rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released an Order which asks the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service (Joint Board) to provide recommendations on...
ComSouth Gets Same USF Relief Given to RICA Members
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an Order which grants ComSouth Telenet’s (ComSouth) request to receive the same the relief established in...
New USF Joint Board Member – Elin Swanson Katz
The Federal Communications Commission has appointed Elin Swanson Katz to serve on the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service. She will fill the state...
ComSouth Gets Same USF Relief Given to RICA Members
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an Order which grants ComSouth Telenet’s (ComSouth) request to receive the same the relief established in...