Push for Delayed Net Neutrality Vote and Public Disclosure of Order Rebuffed by Chairman
Three days before the FCC’s February 26 meeting, Commissioners Ajit Pai and Michael O’Rielly have made a last-ditch effort to delay the FCC’s net...
February 26 FCC Meeting Officially Will Tackle Key Broadband Issues
The FCC has formalized its agenda for its February 26 open meeting, which will address two major broadband related items. First, the Commission will...
NECA Revises Cost Accounting and Procedures Manual
The National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) has revised its cost accounting and procedures manual (CAM) to reflect industry changes that occurred during the...
FCC Clarifies Rural Call Completion Requirements
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued a declaratory ruling that provides additional guidance regarding how providers that are subject to the FCC’s...
Census Blocks Removed From CAF Phase II Eligibility
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that certain census blocks that were a part of the FCC’s rural broadband experiment proceeding are...
FCC Declaratory Ruling Clarifies VoIP Symmetry Rule
On its own motion, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a declaratory ruling that clarifies the appropriate interpretation of the VoIP symmetry rule...
Virginia Governor and North Dakota Legislator Join Intergovernmental Advisory Committee
Federal Communications Chairman (FCC) Tom Wheeler recently announced the appointments of Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and North Dakota State Representative Blair Thoreson to fill...
FCC Proposes Regulation Clean-Up
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would update its rules to better reflect current requirements...
Bureau Grants 60-Day Extension of Healthcare Connect Fund Invoice Deadline
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released an Order granting a limited waiver of the invoice filing deadline for all applicants under the Healthcare...
February FCC Meeting to Focus Exclusively on Broadband Regulatory Matters
Only two items were placed on the FCC’s tentative agenda for its Thursday, February 26, 2015 open meeting, and both pertain to broadband regulation....
