The FCC today adopted rules for the 5G Fund for Rural America, which will make $9 billion available to cover some of the costs of deploying service to rural areas that lack higher-speed mobile service. Awardees will be required to…
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FCC Modernizes Unbundling and Resale Requirements
WASHINGTON, October 27, 2020—In light of increasing competition in the telecommunications marketplace, the Federal Communications Commission today eliminated legacy unbundling and resale rules where they stifle technology transitions and broadband deployment. The rules date back to the Telecommunications Act of…
FCC Puts Focus on Tribal Broadband, Awards 154 Tribal 2.5 GHz Spectrum Licenses
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted 154 spectrum licenses to tribal applicants for mid-band (2.5 GHz) spectrum. The FCC’s efforts aim to address unserved populations on tribal lands by facilitating the deployment of fixed wireless service in that band…
FCC Report Puts Network Outage Blame Squarely on T-Mobile
A new FCC report blames T-Mobile for the carrier’s outage in mid-June. The FCC T-Mobile outage report looks at the causes and impact of the outage and also recommends steps to avoid similar problems in the future. The outage raised…
Spectrum Fight Draws Multiple Billionaires into the Ring with Lucrative Mid-Band Spectrum in the Balance
There’s an interesting battle brewing at the FCC over lucrative mid-band spectrum. A battle that has multiple billionaires directly involved, highlighting the value of spectrum in the 5G age. The battle is over MVDDS spectrum, which is in the 12…
Final RDOF Auction Bidder List: 386 Bidders to Pursue $16B for Rural Broadband
Nearly 400 entities (386) have made the final RDOF auction bidder list, qualifying them to bid in Phase 1 of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, which will award up to $16 billion to cover some of the costs…
FCC Awards $1.37M in E-Rate Funding to Schools in 32 States and Puerto Rico
The FCC will provide funding of $1,366,378 to 291 schools in 32 states and Puerto Rico through its E-Rate program. A total of 220,584 students could benefit from the new E-Rate funding. The funding was awarded to entities that applied…
FCC Mandates Bill-and-Keep for Access Charges on Toll-Free Calls
The FCC adopted an order on Friday that calls for carriers to move to a bill-and-keep approach for access charges on toll-free calls. The goal of the FCC bill-and-keep action is to curb “arbitrage and fraud” undermining the intercarrier compensation…
Final RDOF Auction Eligible Areas List Released
The FCC released the final list of census blocks eligible for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase 1 auction, which will award up to $16 billion to cover some of the costs of deploying broadband to areas that have no…
FCC Set to Adopt 5G Fund for Rural America Rules — and the Decision on Eligible Areas is . . .
The FCC plans to vote later this month on rules for the $9 billion 5G Fund for Rural America. The plan is to use a two-phase reverse auction to award funding to cover some of the costs of deploying mobile…
Amid COVID-19, NECA Tariff Changes Target Low-Income Families
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) have taken steps aimed at enabling rural carriers to offer discounts on broadband connections for low-income families with school age children at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic…
FCC Fines Sandwich Isles and Affiliates $50M for Improper Use of USF
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today came down hard on Sandwich Isles Communications, Waimana Enterprises and Albert S.N. Hee, issuing a $49,598,488 fine for violations of Universal Service Fund program rules. Telecompetitor first reported about the FCC’s warning about proper…
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