A-CAM Budget Shortfall Prompts Revised Offers for Most; Comment Sought on Budget Increase
To address the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) budget shortfall, the FCC has issued an Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that...
Enhanced Transparency Rule Effective January 17, 2017, Unlikely to Be Enforced Against Small Business...
The FCC’s enhanced Transparency Rule, which was adopted in the 2015 Open Internet (Net Neutrality) Order and covers both content and format of disclosures...
Surrogate Cost Methodology Waiver Granted for December 2016 Tariff Filings
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has waived on its own motion the FCC rules that limit the costs that must be shifted from...
More Frontier CAF Phase I Changes Prompt January 30, 2017 Notification Deadline
Frontier Communications Corp. (Frontier) recently notified the FCC that Frontier plans to modify its Connect America Fund Phase I Round 2 (CAF Phase I)...
FCC Provides Guidance on Implementation of New Broadband Privacy Rules
The FCC has outlined the effective dates and provided guidance on the implementation of the new broadband privacy rules adopted in the 2016 broadband...
Lifeline Waiver Requests Both Granted and Denied in Part
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) granted in part and denied in part 10 waiver requests filed by United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) and...
Former Long Distance Reseller Admonished, Fined $100K for Form 499-A and Section 214 Violations
The FCC Enforcement Bureau has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability and Admonishment against former long distance reseller World Discount Telecommunications, Inc. (WDT) for...
A-CAM Elections Exceed 10-Year Budget by $1.6B; Suggested Solutions Sought by November 14
The election of Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) support by 216 rate-of-return companies in 43 states has amounted to a budget shortfall of...
A-CAM Corrections Affect 32 Carriers
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced technical corrections to the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) that affect 32 specific A-CAM eligible...
FCC Order Addresses ICC Recovery Waiver Issues
The FCC has released an Order addressing intercarrier compensation (ICC) recovery rule waiver issues that were the subject of several petitions. Though the Order...
