The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that the last fully funded month for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) benefit will be April 2024. Without additional Congressional funding, the ACP will only be able to provide a partial reimbursement
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FCC Grants Multiple Reimbursement Program Completion Deadline Extension Requests
The FCC has issued a Public Notice granting multiple completion deadline extension requests related to the FCC’s Secure Networks Act Reimbursement Program. The Reimbursement Program requires program participants to complete their removal, replacement, and disposal of unsecure equipment and services…
Entities Default on RDOF and CAF II Auction Supported Areas
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued a Public Notice announcing that BAR Connects LLC has defaulted on its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund auction supported areas and Connect America Fund Phase II auction supported areas in Virginia. North Alabama Electric…
Correction: FCC Proposes Rules for Multilingual Emergency Alerts
The following story is a corrected version of a story originally published on February 16: The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on measures that would make sending emergency alerts in non-English languages over television…
Group Seeks 5th Circuit Review of New FCC Data Breach Rules
The Texas Association of Business (TAB) has petitioned the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals Court for review of the FCC’s recently updated data breach notification rules. The new rules will, among other things: (1) require carriers and TRS providers to…
FCC Approves Seven 6 GHz Band AFC Systems for Commercial Operations, Seeks Comment on C3Spectra’s Proposed AFC System
The Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) has approved seven applications, subject to certain conditions, to operate automated frequency coordination (AFC) systems. The seven approved applications were submitted by: (1) Qualcomm Incorporated; (2) Federated Wireless, Inc.; (3) Sony Group Corporation;…
FCC Removes 13 Entities from Robocall Mitigation Database
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has removed certifications of 13 entities from the Robocall Mitigation Database (Database). These entities either failed to cure their facially deficient Database certifications or demonstrate why the Bureau should not remove their certifications from the…
FCC Considers Cybersecurity Labeling Program and SCS Matter in March Open Meeting
The FCC has published the tentative agenda for its March 2024 Open Meeting. The meeting is scheduled for March 14, at 10:30 a.m. EDT and will be livestreamed at www.fcc.gov/live and available on the FCC’s YouTube channel. The agenda includes the…
RUS Releases ReConnect Program FY 2024 NOFO
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Rural eConnectivity Program, also known as the ReConnect Program, for fiscal year 2024. The ReConnect Program provides loans, grants, and combinations thereof to…
FCC Revises Rules to Permit WMAS Operations on a Licensed and Unlicensed Basis
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order permitting a new type of wireless microphone system, a Wireless Multichannel Audio System, to operate in the broadcast television bands and other Part 74 low-power auxiliary station frequency bands on a licensed…