President Biden has appointed Jessica Rosenworcel to serve as acting chairwoman of the FCC now that former chairman Ajit Pai has stepped down with the change in presidential administration. Rosenworcel has served as FCC commissioner since 2012, with an interruption…
The 2021 FCC Broadband Deployment Report was released yesterday, just nine months after the 2020 report came out and just one day before today’s change in administration. The report found that “significant progress has been made to bridge the digital…
The FCC yesterday adopted additional rules for the Digital Opportunity Data Collection with the goal of gaining more accurate broadband availability data. It’s an important move, as several planned government broadband funding initiatives will not move forward until more accurate…
A broad coalition of Republican and Democratic senators and representatives have sent a letter to the FCC asking the commission to thoroughly vet RDOF auction winners. At stake is $9 billion in rural broadband funding awarded through the reverse auction,…
The FCC today fined a robocaller $9,918,000 for illegally using caller ID spoofing “with the intent to cause harm.” The fine is just a little less than the $10 million fine the FCC issued late last year for a robocaller…
The C-band spectrum auction isn’t over yet, but we already know it will create a windfall for the U.S. Treasury, having already doubled or even tripled some forecasts. Outgoing FCC Chairman Ajit Pai wants to see $50 billion of the…
An FCC antenna rule change adopted last week should make it easier for fixed wireless providers to serve mobile home parks, assisted living facilities and other locations where a single hub antenna serves multiple customers. The commission traditionally has allowed…
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued a request for comments on administering the $3.2 billion Emergency Broadband Benefit Program. The program was created by Congress in the The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. The goal is to help provide…
WASHINGTON, DC, December 28, 2020—Commissioner Carr announced that the FCC is now selecting awardees for its $100 million Connected Care Pilot Program. The window for submitting applications to participate in this initiative closed on December 7, and the agency will…
To say that 2020 has not been a year of business as usual would be a supreme understatement, as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted nearly every aspect of nearly everyone’s daily life. Nevertheless, the broadband and telecom industry managed not only…
The new COVID-19 relief plan agreed to by Congress over the weekend includes several funding initiatives for important broadband issues. A total of about $7 billion was earmarked for broadband issues, according to several media reports. The $7 billion in…
The Georgia Public Service Commission yesterday approved new pole attachment pricing designed to spur rural broadband deployment in unserved areas. The new pricing includes the One Buck Deal proposed by rural electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) in the state that establishes…
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