The FCC announced that it has repaid in full the $3.08 billion loan it borrowed from the U.S. Treasury in March 2025 to support the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program, commonly known as the “Rip-and-Replace” program. The program
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced the appointment of Hunter Deeley as Chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau. Deeley has served as Chief of Staff and Deputy Bureau Chief in the Enforcement Bureau. As part of the Enforcement Bureau team, Deeley
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) will hold a virtual listening session on September 15, 2026, to gather public input on student screen use in schools and its relationship to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) E-Rate program. E-Rate provides
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau released a Public Notice granting six long-form applications and issuing 199 Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-3) licenses resulting from Auction 113. The auction concluded on June 23, 2026, generating approximately $3.57 billion in net bids and
Following the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) approval of Illinois’s final proposal for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, NTIA has now approved all 56 state and territory BEAD final proposals. Illinois and California, the last
The FCC released a Report and Order, which eliminated the requirement that traditional, Text Telephone (TTY)-based telecommunications relay services (TRS) be capable of communicating in the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) format. In 1991, the FCC required
The Emergency Communications Division of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is seeking comment by October 19 on the privacy consideration of the agency’s communications assets and survey mapping tool, which is the primary nationwide resource for emergency communicators
The FCC has voted to adopt its annual Section 706 Report on “whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion.” The report shows an increase in availability of 100/20 Mbps fixed terrestrial
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) announced the conditional approval of two additional Cybersecurity Label Administrators (CLAs) for the FCC’s voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for consumer wireless Internet of Things (IoT) products (U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program).
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on Universal Marketing, LLC’s (Universal) Petition for Rulemaking (Petition), urging the Commission to initiate a rulemaking in the Lifeline program to evaluate the professional, academic, and economic standards required to hold an
