By Loris Taylor, Matthew Rantanen & Susan Feller Indian Country In a February 2, 2016 press release, Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai called the continuation of Tribal Lifeline subsidies in Oklahoma a “legal scandal” and a “bloated tax payer subsidy.” Read more here. OR http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/02/21/dont-let-fcc-cut-oklahoma-lifeline
Chairman Wheeler posted a blog on February 19, 2016, entitled Bipartisan Solutions for Universal Service, in which he indicated he circulated an Order last week to modernize USF support for rate-of-return carriers. Read more here.
A number of revised Lifeline rules that were adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the June 2015 Lifeline Reform Order have been published in the Federal Register, giving them an effective date of February 17, 2016. Read more here.
The FCC has announced in a public notice that petitions for reconsideration of the Commencing Operations Report and Order (R&O), which defines when and in what areas 600 MHz Band wireless licenses will be deemed to “commence operations” for the purpose of establishing when the secondary and unlicensed users must
On January 15, the FCC released a Public Notice (DA 16-56) announcing OMB approval for several rule changes from the 2015 Lifeline Reform Order. To read more, click here.
“What can I do to bring broadband to my rural community?” To read the entire USDA blog, click here.
