Seventh Annual Report on State Collection of 911 Fees

The FCC has released the seventh annual report on the collection and distribution of 911 and Enhanced 911 (E911) fees and charges by the...

“Lot$a Money” Costs TRS Provider $11.9M

The FCC has issued an $11.9 million Forfeiture Order against California-based Purple Communications, Inc. (Purple) after finding that the company improperly billed the Telecommunications...

FCC Forbears From Enforcing Outdated ILEC Rules

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has partially granted the United States Telecom Association’s (USTelecom) request that the FCC forbear from enforcing “various outdated regulatory...

Oppositions to Backup Power Recon Petition Due December 31

Comment deadlines have been announced for the petition filed by a group of consumer advocate organizations that seeks reconsideration of the FCC’s residential backup...

Bureau Releases A-CAM Version 2.1

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released Version 2.1 of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM v2.1), which contains study area-specific plant...

Small Business Exemption to Enhanced Transparency Rule Extended Another Year

The FCC has punted for another year the decision of whether to make permanent the exemption to its enhanced transparency rule adopted in the...

Bureau Finds One Study Area Subject to 100 Percent Competitive Overlap

In July 2015, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) released a preliminary list of 15 rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) study areas subject...

Contribution Factor Climbs To All-Time High of 18.2 Percent

The FCC’s Office of Managing Director (OMD) has announced that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the first quarter of 2016 is 18.2...

Consumer Advocates Unhappy With New Backup Power Rules

A group of 10 consumer advocate organizations led by the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) has asked the Federal Communications Commission...

FCC Equalizes Pole Rates for Cable and Telecommunications Attachments

The FCC has reconsidered its 2011 rate formula governing the rates charged by utilities for pole attachments used to provide telecommunications services and has made...
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