The Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has extended the deadline for incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) to file updated study area boundary data if any changes were made to any of their study area boundaries during the previous calendar year to March 23, 2015. The WCB determined an extension of the deadline was needed due to technical difficulties experienced by the study area boundary data collection interface (https://sab.fcc.gov/ilec/login/). In addition to the obligation to submit updated study area boundary data, all ILECs must recertify their study area boundary data every two years. The WCB has announced that the recertification deadline will be May 26, 2015. The WCB is currently working to upgrade the study area boundary data collection interface to allow for a simple recertification of data and will provide additional information once the upgrade is complete.
