FCC Clarifies 911 Reliability Certification Requirements
The Federal Communications Commission has issued an Order on Reconsideration clarifying the certification requirements that will apply to certain “Covered 911 Service Providers.” The...
FCC to Cease Text-to-911 Readiness Updates
The Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) has issued the final public notice in a series announcing updates to the...
15 Rate-of-Return Carriers Subject to 100 Percent Competitive Overlap
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that it has adopted a methodology to determine rate-of-return carrier study areas where an unsubsidized competitor...
FCC Updates Rate-of-Return Cost Model, Invites Carriers to Correct Plant Mix Inputs
According to a recent Public Notice, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is actively working on refining the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM)...
Comments on AT&T TTY Petitions Are Due August 24
The FCC’s Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Wireline Competition Bureau, and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau are seeking comment on...
List Shows Census Blocks Where Price Cap Carriers Must Continue to Offer Voice Service
In a December 2014 order, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to forbear from the requirement that price cap local exchange carriers offer voice...
FCC Chairman Green Lights AT&T/DirecTV Merger
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has issued a public statement indicating that an order recommending approval of the AT&T/DirecTV merger has been circulated to the...
RUS Awards $86 Million in Rural Broadband Grants and Loans
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has awarded $74.8 million in Telecommunications Loans and $11 million in Community Connect Grants to...
Chairman Wheeler Announces Big August Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its August open meeting, scheduled for August 6, 2015. It contains the...
USAC Board Members Sought
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is seeking nominations for 12 board member positions on the Universal Service Administrative...
