The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would recognize real-time text as a replacement technology for text telephones, also known as TTY devices, on wireless phone networks starting in December 2017 for larger carriers. Read more here.
On May 4th and 17th the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) will host webinars focused on the Community Connect Grant Program. Read more here.
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureaus) have granted members of the Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) a temporary, limited waiver of the Commission’s requirements to support text telephony (TTY) technology on wireless networks to the
On March 30, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Report and Order, Order and Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that contain significant changes to the universal service fund (USF) rules that apply to rate-of-return incumbent local exchange carriers. Read more here.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its April open meeting, scheduled for April 28, 2016. Read more here.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has released a report proposing a simple and robust method to implement spectrum sharing between commercial communications systems and federal radar operations in the 3550-3650 MHz (3.5 GHz) band. Read more here.
On April 5, 2016, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau announced the results of the 2016 urban rate survey for fixed voice and broadband services. For additional details, click here.
The FCC is seeking "comment on a proposed framework for ensuring that consumers have the tools they need to make informed choices about how their data is used and when it is shared by their broadband provider." Read more here.
