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.
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.
