The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) has amended a 2017 Program Comment (Amended Program Comment”) to streamline historic preservation review of federally funded projects to quicken the pace of broadband deployment. The Amended Program Comment provides an alternative way
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FCC Adopts Supplemental Coverage from Space Framework
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order establishing a new regulatory framework to allow satellite technology to extend the reach of terrestrial wireless networks in remote areas. This supplemental coverage from space framework will permit partnerships between wireless carriers…
FCC Announces Proposed USF Contribution Factor for 2Q of 2024
The FCC’s Office of Managing Director has announced that the proposed universal service contribution factor for the second quarter of 2024 will be 32.8 percent. The Commission calculates the quarterly contribution factor based on the ratio of total projected quarterly…
FCC Increases Broadband Speed Benchmark to 100/20 Mbps
The FCC has adopted a Report assessing high-speed internet service deployment across the U.S. The Report concluded that advanced telecommunications capability is not being deployed in a reasonable and timely fashion. The Broadband Data Collection deployment data showed that approximately…
NTIA Releases Implementation Plan for National Spectrum Strategy
NTIA has released its implementation plan for the National Spectrum Strategy, as required by the Presidential Memorandum titled Modernizing United States Spectrum Policy and Establishing a National Spectrum Strategy. The Strategy strives to expand access to advanced wireless broadband networks…
WCB Partially Waives Bank Letter of Credit Requirement for Auctions 903 and 904
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has partially waived, sua sponte, the requirement that a bank that issues a letter of credit (LOC) to a support recipient for the CAF Phase II Auction (Auction 903) or the Rural Digital Opportunity…
CGB Seeks Comment for CVAA Report to Congress
The FCC’s Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau (CGB or Bureau) has issued a Public Notice seeking comment on compliance with statutory mandates related to accessibility of communications technologies for people with disabilities. Specifically, the Bureau is seeking comment on compliance…
FCC Seeks Comment on Facilitating Access to Unassigned Spectrum
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has issued a Public Notice seeking comment on how it should use its current statutory authority, in light of the ongoing lapse of FCC auction authority, to provide access to currently unassigned, auction inventory spectrum…
ARMIS Records to be Made Publicly Available Absent Renewed Request for Confidential Treatment
The Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA) has announced that it will inform the National Archives that it may publicly release certain Automated Reporting Management Information System (ARMIS) reports in its possession unless the entity that submitted such reports: (1)…
FCC Seeks Comment on Industry Letter Requesting Amnesty Period for RDOF and CAF II Awardees
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued a Public Notice seeking comment on a letter filed by 69 industry entities requesting that the FCC provide an amnesty period of no more than a month for Rural Digital Opportunity Fund and…