The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a Report and Order, Order, and Order On Reconsideration (Order) that make significant changes to the universal service fund (USF) rules governing rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carriers. Read more here.
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) will hold a workshop on the deployment of distributed antenna systems (DAS) and small cells on May 3, 2016 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Read more here.
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) will hold its annual educational workshop on the environmental compliance and historic preservation review process required for the construction of wireless communications facilities on May 4, 2016 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Read more here.
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has set an effective date of July 1, 2016, for the 2016 annual access charge tariff filings that must be made by price cap and rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs). Read more here.
The FCC’s Office of Managing Director (OMD) has announced that the proposed universal service fund (USF) contribution factor for the second quarter of 2016 will be 17.9 percent. Read more here.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has circulated an order that will modernize the universal service Lifeline program. Read more here.
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission circulated Tuesday a final proposal seeking approval for a $9.25 monthly subsidy for low-income Americans to get broadband Internet access. Read more here.
