The FCC has proposed rules to combat malicious robotext campaigns. The bureau says that it is accepting public comment on ways to apply caller ID authentication standards to text messaging and to require providers to find and actively block illegal…
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Next Update of FCC Broadband Map Likely Won’t be a Moment to Celebrate
The next update of the FCC broadband map, expected in late November or early December, is likely to have a considerable number of errors, according to sources familiar with the broadband data collection initiative on which the map will be…
FCC Awards Almost $55M in ECF Program
The FCC’ Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) program is committing almost $55 million in a new funding round that will support about 125,000 students in five areas. The new round focuses are California, Indiana, Michigan, Puerto Rico, and Texas. The announcement…
FCC: Two More Chinese Companies Pose a Network Security Threat
China Unicom (Americas) Operations Limited and Pacific Network Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiary ComNet (USA) LLC have been added to a list of companies that are deemed a threat to national security by the FCC Public Safety and Security Bureau….
FCC Licenses Lynk Global Satellite to Phone Service
The FCC has awarded Lynk Global what the company says is the world’s first commercial license for a service that connects satellites directly to standard mobile phones. Lynk says it will launch commercial services for a global constellation of satellites…
FCC Authorizes Two More Small RDOF Winners
The FCC said today that it has authorized Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) support for two more companies that won funding in the RDOF auction. The companies are Cyber Broadband for deployments in Alabama and E-Fiber San Juan for deployments…
Despite FCC Rejection, SpaceX Still Wants its RDOF Funding
SpaceX, the provider of Starlink low earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband, isn’t accepting the FCC’s decision to reject the company’s winning bid in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program without a fight. On Friday, the company filed an application…
ACP Fraud: Over 1,000 Households Used the Same Four-Year Old Child to Enroll
Over 1,000 Oklahoma households fraudulently claimed the same four-year-old child who receives Medicaid benefits as a benefit qualifying person (BQP) in order to enroll in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), according to a memo released late last week from the…
FCC Inspector General Issues Advisory Regarding ACP Enrollment Fraud
WASHINGTON, September 8, 2022 – In an Advisory issued today, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Federal Communications Commission warned that some Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) providers and their agents are making fraudulent program enrollments by using the…
Latest ECF Awards Total More than $81 Million
The FCC has committed more than $81 million the Emergency Connectivity Fund (ECF) awards to support about 170,000 students in Alaska, Iowa, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Washington and the District of Columbia. The ECF was created by the American Rescue Plan to…
Rosenworcel: First Draft of FCC Updated Broadband Map Expected in November
Service providers had until September 1 to submit broadband availability data into the FCC Broadband Data Collection system. FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel took the opportunity on Friday to highlight the commission’s efforts to update broadband availability information in a post…
FCC Ready to Authorize Nextlink, Starry RDOF Funding
More than a year and a half after the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction was completed, the FCC said today that it is ready to authorize funding for two of the top 10 winning bidders in the auction. Both…
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