The FCC said yesterday that all price cap carriers eligible to receive a seventh year of Connect America Fund (CAF) support have opted to do so. The total value of the funding accepted is nearly $1.5 billion. Carriers that will…
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FCC Connect USVI Program Awards Funding to Bring Gigabit Broadband to Virgin Islands
All locations in the U.S. Virgin Island are set to receive 1 Gbps fixed broadband. The deployment will be funded, in part, through the FCC Connect USVI Stage 2 program. Broadband VI was the winning applicant for the Virgin Islands…
FCC to Start Taking Applications for $100M Connected Care Pilot Program
The application window for the FCC Connected Care Pilot Program will open tomorrow, November 6th at 12 PM ET. The application window for the program, which will support health care providers with as much as $100 million from the Universal…
T-Mobile Gets Stuck with $200M Sprint Lifeline Settlement
T-Mobile has agreed to pay a civil penalty to settle an FCC Sprint Lifeline investigation dating back over a year. The Sprint Lifeline settlement is for $200 million. The Lifeline program, administered by the FCC, pays service providers $9.25 a…
Puerto Rico Hits Broadband Pay Dirt Thanks to FCC Fund
Funding through Stage 2 of the FCC Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund will provide the U.S. territory with broadband speeds of 100 Mbps to 1 Gbps, with a third of locations receiving the fastest speeds. The FCC Puerto Rico broadband…
Government Accountability Office USF Review Cites Reporting Flaws, Finds Contribution System “Unsustainable”
The FCC should improve how it tracks the effectiveness of the Universal Service Fund high-cost program, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. The Government Accountability Office USF review also had harsh words for the contribution system…
Large Carriers See Fiber Broadband Momentum, AT&T CEO Calls for USF Reform to Accelerate It
With the two largest fiber broadband providers in the country, Verizon and AT&T, reporting on 3Q 2020 results, we get visibility into fiber broadband momentum, or lack thereof. The news looks promising, as those two carriers alone saw close to…
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…
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…
FCC Connected Care Pilot Program Eligibility Requirements Released
The Federal Communications Commission today released a Public Notice with information and guidance for potential applications to the FCC Connected Care Pilot Program. The program will provide as much as $100 million from the Universal Service Fund over three years…
USAC Considering Upgrade to High Cost Broadband Portal, Seeks Automated Verification
The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) is considering an upgrade to the high cost broadband portal (HCBP). The organization wants to add a higher level of automation to the management of data submitted by carriers that receive Universal Service Fund…
Pai Lifeline Proposal: Recipients Should Get 4.5 GB Per Month, Not 11.75 GB
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is recommending that the minimum monthly data allotment for the low-income Lifeline program should be 4.5 gigabytes (GB) per month. The Pai Lifeline proposal represents an increase from the current 3 GB standard, but considerably less…
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