Comment Dates Set for E-Rate Bundled Services Rule Change
Earlier this month, we told you about the FCC’s change of heart regarding "free" equipment bundled with e-rate eligible services. The FCC’s proposed rule change was published in the Federal Register...
View ArticleThree E-rate Appeals Denied for Failures in Competitive Bidding
Earlier this month, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau denied three appeals by school districts seeking funding under the Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund. In all three...
View ArticleFCC Denies E-rate Appeal for Improper Service Provider Conduct in Competitive...
Shortly after I posted an entry noting the FCC’s denial of e-rate appeals for competitive bidding violations, the Wireline Competition Bureau issued another decision along the same lines. In this...
View ArticleFCC Issues Connect America Fund Order and Notices Affecting Tier 2 and Tier 3...
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View ArticleFCC Denies Another E-Rate Appeal for Failure to Comply with Competitive...
With the e-rate program pressing against its cap in funding, the FCC seems to be clamping down on its competitive bidding procedures. For the fifth time this month, the FCC’s Wireline Competition...
View ArticleFCC Allocates Another $485 Million in Connect America Fund Phase I Support...
Josh Guyan contributed to this post. The FCC’s November 18, 2011 USF/ICC Transformation Order established the Connect America Fund (CAF) and provided for two phases of funding for expanding broadband...
View ArticleObama Proposes E-rate Reform
In a speech yesterday, President Obama proposed to reform the federal Universal Service Fund’s Schools and Libraries program (commonly referred to as the "E-rate" program. He directed the FCC to...
View ArticleFCC Announces Another Slight Decrease in USF Contribution Factor
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View ArticleFCC to Initiate Proceeding to Reform the E-rate Program
In the first major proceeding of Acting Chairwoman Clyburn’s tenure, the FCC is scheduled to open a rulemaking today to consider reforms to the Schools and Libraries program of its Universal Service...
View ArticleFCC Launches E-rate 2.0 Rulemaking
As we told you this morning, the FCC launched its rulemaking proceeding to consider reforms to the Schools and Libraries program of its Universal Service Fund (better known as the "E-rate" program)....
View ArticleFCC Announces USF Enforcement “Strike Force” To Combat Waste, Fraud and Abuse
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler issued a Public Notice on July 14, 2014, announcing the creation of a new “Strike Force” to respond to concerns of waste, fraud and abuse in the Universal Service Fund (USF)....
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Don’t Miss Kelley Drye’s 6th Annual USF Update Webinar on February 25, 2015...
Kelley Drye’s most popular webinar is back! Register today for our 6th Annual USF Update Webinar. The FCC’s Universal Service Fund (USF) continues to be one of the largest and most complex government...
View ArticleFCC Adopts Lifeline Item
Yesterday, the FCC adopted a Second Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Memorandum Opinion and Order to comprehensively restructure and...
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TerraCom & YourTel Reach $3.5 Million Settlement With FCC over Alleged...
On July 9th, the Enforcement Bureau (EB) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) reached a $3.5 million Consent Decree to resolve an investigation into whether TerraCom, Inc....
View ArticleFCC Releases Updated 2016 Universal Service Revenue Reporting Worksheet
It’s a new year and the FCC has just released its annual update to the FCC Form 499A. Telecommunications providers must use the 2016 Form 499A to report calendar year 2015 revenues for purposes of...
View ArticleClient Advisory: Lifeline Modernization and Transition from Voice to Broadband
At its open meeting on March 31, 2016 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) voted along party lines (3-2) to adopt a Lifeline Modernization Order implementing significant changes to...
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Microsoft and Partners Seek FCC Approval to Use TV White Spaces to Extend...
A potential solution to the so-called “homework gap” – otherwise known as the limited ability of low-income students in rural or underserved areas to access a broadband connection at home – is the...
View ArticlePai FCC’s First Commission-Level Vote Targets Rural Broadband Access
On January 26, 2017, in its first action under the leadership of Chairman Ajit Pai, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) voted to allow the State Of NY to award up to $170...
View ArticleFCC Approves Bidding Weight Rules for Connect America Fund Phase II Auction
At the February 2017 Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) approved an Order finalizing bidding rules for the upcoming Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II auction where...
View ArticlePai Directs USAC to Improve E-Rate Productivity Center
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Chairman Ajit Pai sent a letter this week to Chris Henderson, CEO of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) expressing concern about...
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