Alaska Plan Requirements Modified, Clarified in Reconsideration Order
The FCC’s Wireline Competition and Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus (Bureaus) have partially granted an Alaska Telephone Association (ATA) Petition for Reconsideration regarding Alaska Plan map...
Federal Publication of Net Neutrality Repeal Ushers in Lawsuits
The FCC's 2017 Restoring Internet Freedom Order, which essentially overturned the entirety of its 2015 Open Internet Order that had established a Title II-based...
FCC Cuts Outdated Payphone Audit Rules
The FCC has eliminated outdated and costly payphone audit requirements as no longer justified in a changing communications marketplace. The FCC’s elimination of these...
Guidance Issued on New Lifeline Forms
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued a Public Notice providing guidance regarding new forms for the Lifeline program that both eligible telecommunications carriers...
Kari’s Law Signed by the President
President Donald Trump signed the Kari’s Law Act of 2017, known as Kari’s Law, on the 50th anniversary of the first U.S. 911 call. Kari’s...
FCC Denies Level 3 Complaint Against AT&T
The FCC has denied a formal complaint filed by Level 3 Communications, LLC (Level 3), now part of CenturyLink, alleging that AT&T Inc. and...
Lifeline Petitions Addressed Regarding State Delays and Wildfires
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied the petitions filed by Sprint seeking reconsideration of waivers granted to California, New York, and Michigan...
Comments on Lifeline Reimbursement Clarification Due by March 12
The National Lifeline Association (NaLA) has filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling seeking clarification of the FCC’s Lifeline rules and guidance provided on the Universal...
CAF Phase II Challenge Process for Alaska Communications Systems Begins; Challenges Due March 22
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced that the challenge process for Alaska Communications Systems (ACS) to identify areas eligible for its Connect America...
Waivers Granted for Rate Adjustment, But Not for Imputation Rule
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted waiver petitions for Butler-Bremer Mutual Telephone Company, Inc., Panora Communications Cooperative (Panora), and Prairie Telephone Co.,...
