Dish and T-Mobile have submitted opposing comments to the FCC about T-Mobile’s plan to shut down its CDMA network by January 2022. It’s an important issue for Dish, whose Boost prepaid offering relies on a resale agreement with T-Mobile. Dish…
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FCC to Broadband Subscribers: Use Our Speed Test App
The FCC is encouraging citizens to download and use its Speed Test app, which is part of the commission’s broadband data collection initiative. Currently, the app is used to collect speed test data in the Measuring Broadband America program, which…
FCC Moving Quickly to Support Tribal Communities
WASHINGTON, April 8, 2021—The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau today announced that 50 additional applications received in the Rural Tribal Priority Window for 2.5 GHz band spectrum licenses have passed initial review and are accepted for filing. To date, the FCC…
FCC: C-band Winning Bidders’ Long-Form Applications Are Acceptable for Filing
All companies that had winning bids in the C-band spectrum auction have submitted long-form applications to the FCC that have been deemed “acceptable for filing.” There were 21 C-band winning bidders. As the FCC explains in a public notice, there…
Broadband Associations Ask FCC for Defaulted RDOF Census Block Transparency
Five broadband associations have asked the FCC to release a list of census block groups that provisionally won funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund program but on which the winning bidder has defaulted. The associations say this move will…
FCC Approves 319 Emergency Broadband Benefit Providers
The Federal Communications Commission has unveiled 319 providers spanning the U.S. and half of its territories that have been accepted into the regulator’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program. This is the first wave of accepted providers under the program, which was…
Rosenworcel Proposal Would Lay Groundwork for Text-to-988
WASHINGTON, March 31, 2021—FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel today proposed that the FCC consider making the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a national network that provides free, confidential support to Americans in suicidal crisis or emotional distress, reachable by text messaging…
Calix Conducts Twenty Millionth FCC Broadband Performance Test
SAN JOSE, CA – April 1, 2021 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that it has completed more than 20 million tests—one million for speed—with its comprehensive Broadband Performance Testing solution, comprised of Calix Support Cloud (CSC), GigaSpire® BLAST…
RDOF Funding by State Report: How Does Your State Rank?
Individual states are expected to receive anywhere between $1.12 and $202 per resident in broadband funding through the first round of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF), according to an analysis from SatelliteInternet.com. Connecticut was at the low end of…
New Dialing Procedures Required in 82 Area Codes in Preparation for 988 Suicide Prevention Line
Dialing procedures are changing in 36 states and 82 area codes in advance of the establishment of 988 as the three-digit abbreviated dial code to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which is set to take effect on July 16,…
More Than 100 ACA Connects Members Seek to Participate in the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
PITTSBURGH, March 25, 2021 – A large contingent of ACA Connects member companies is on track to participate in the Federal Communications Commission’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program from the day it launches. More than 100 members have expressed interest and…
Largest RDOF Winner, LTD Broadband, Takes Heat From State Telecom Associations at the FCC
Two state associations representing broadband providers have asked the FCC to deny the long-form application filed by LTD Broadband in the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) program. LTD Broadband had the largest amount of RDOF winning bids in the program…
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