The National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) has filed its 2017 modification of the average schedule universal service high-cost loop support formula, which, if approved, will take effect on January 1, 2017, and remain in effect through December 31, 2017. Read more here.
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) 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 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.
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.
