FCC Clarifies, Seeks Comment on Small Business Exemption to Enhanced Transparency Rule
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) has issued a public notice initiating a comment cycle regarding the enhanced transparency requirements that were...
FCC Kicks Off Process of Modernizing Lifeline to Support Broadband
At its June 2015 open meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Order on Reconsideration, Second...
VoIP, It’s A Numbers Game
The FCC has adopted an Order that will allow interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers to obtain North American Numbering Plan (NANP) telephone...
International Bureau Affirms VoIP International Reporting Requirements
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) International Bureau (Bureau) has dismissed a petition filed by the Voice on the Net Coalition (Petitioner). The...
USF Contribution Factor Declines Slightly to 17.1 Percent
The FCC’s Office of Managing Director (OMD) has announced that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the third quarter of 2015 will be 0.171 or...
Wheeler Adds Incentive Auction Item to June Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the agenda for its upcoming open meeting, scheduled for June 18, 2015. Chairman Tom Wheeler has added...
Net Neutrality Is a Go as Court Rejects Stay
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has denied a request of several broadband providers to stay, or delay, the FCC’s Open Internet...
Kinzinger Bill Aims to Neutralize Broadband Rate Regulation
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) has introduced a short net neutrality bill entitled the "No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act of 2015" (H.R.2666),...
Eagle-Eyed FCC Grants CAF Phase I Extension to ACS
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted a petition filed by Alaska Communications Systems (ACS) requesting an extension...
FCC Provides Emergency Alert System Solutions
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducted the first-ever nationwide test of the EAS on November 9,...
