12.31.15 – FCC Releases Fifth ‘Measuring Broadband America’ Report
For a full text of the FCC's report, click here.
12.30.15 – USAC: Direct Inward Dialing and Caller ID are No Longer Eligible Services in the HCF Program
Effective immediately, the Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) Program will no longer provide funding for Direct Inward Dialing (DID) and Caller ID (CID) charges for individual health care providers (HCPs). Read more here.
12.22.15 – RCC: Bureau Releases A-CAM Version 2.1
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released Version 2.1 of the Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM v2.1), which contains study area-specific plant mix values, an updated methodology for determining the presence of unsubsidized competitors, and a number of other minor updates. Read more here.
12.14.15 – RSS: Bureau Finds One Study Area Subject to 100 Percent Competitive Overlap
In July 2015, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) released a preliminary list of 15 rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) study areas subject to a 100 percent overlap by an unsubsidized competitor or combination of unsubsidized competitors. Read more here.
12.10.15 – RSS: Consumer Advocates Unhappy With New Backup Power Rules
A group of 10 consumer advocate organizations led by the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) has asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider its new residential backup power rules. Read more here.
12.7.15 – FCC Public Notice: WTB Announces New FAA Antenna Structure Marking and Lighting Requirements
On December 4, 2015, the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) released Advisory Circular for Obstruction Marking and Lighting 70/7460-1L (AC 70/7460-1L), which cancels and replaces Advisory Circular 70/7460-1K. This release effectively amends the lighting requirements applicable to towers that must be registered in the Commission’s Antenna Structure Registration (ASR) system. For additional
12.2.15 – WTA Files Comments on “Good Faith” in Retransmission Consent Negotiations
Yesterday, WTA filed comments urging reform to the Federal Communications Commission’s totality of the circumstances test and enforcement of the requirement that MVPDs and broadcasters negotiate retransmission consent agreements in good faith. Read more here.
12.1.15 – RSS: FCC Equalizes Pole Rates for Cable and Telecommunications Attachments
The FCC has reconsidered its 2011 rate formula governing the rates charged by utilities for pole attachments used to provide telecommunications services and has made further changes to ensure that the rates charged by utilities for attachments used to provide telecommunications services are as low as the rates charged for attachments