Details Released for Upcoming CAF Phase II Auction Webinar
The FCC will host a webinar on its proposed Connect America Fund Phase II (CAF II) auction process on Monday, September 11, 2017 from...
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,...
Appellate Court Upholds Traffic Pumping Decision But Vacates State Law Decisions
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has upheld the FCC’s access charge decision ordering several companies (including All American Telephone, Inc.,...
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”...
FCC Reminds Carriers that LNP Administrator Transition from Neustar to Telcordia is Underway
The FCC has released a public notice reminding all entities that use the Number Portability Administrator Center (NPAC) that the process to transition operations...
Federal Appeals Court Denies Motion to Stay New FCC BDS Rules
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit has denied a motion for stay filed by telecommunications companies attempting to block a recent...
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...
