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Beyond Telecom Law Blog
Fifth Circuit Rules the FCC Lacked Authority to Create USAC and Vacates the Q4 2025 USF Contribution Factor
On October 15, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision in Consumers' Research v. FCC, No. 25-60535. The court held that the FCC violated…
Inside Global Tech
FCC Proposes to Auction Spectrum for Terrestrial and Space-Based Broadband Services
By Gerard J. Waldron, Corey Walker, John Bowers, Rosie Moss
On October 8, 2026, the FCC released a draft Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) proposing to reallocate and auction the 1675–1695 MHz and 2020–2025 MHz bands for flexible commercial…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
WCB Announces ACAM Downward Location Adjustment Filing Window
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced a filing window for Revised Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) I and A-CAM II carriers to submit certifications in WC Docket No.…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Grants One-Year Waiver for Hardware Modifications to Covered List Routers
The FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology has granted a one-year waiver requested by NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association and ACA Connects, allowing their members and supporting manufacturers to…
Truth on the Market
BEAD’s Second Act: The Future Is Pending Approval
The road to rural access to AI-enabled services runs through the permit office. Chips, data centers, and electricity get the attention, but delivering AI to a farmer’s field, a rural…
Turtle Talk
Quinault Nation Went from Lacking Broadband Access to Building the Pacific NW’s New Landing Point for Transpacific Internet Cables
Roughly one-third of the Quinault Reservation lacks internet access at home. The remaining two-thirds have service below the FCC’s minimum broadband standard. Now Quinault is building infrastructure that one of…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Releases BDC Small Entity Guide
The FCC released a Small Entity Compliance Guide to help broadband providers, non-profits, and local governmental entities understand recent changes to the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) program adopted in the…
Law of the Land
NE Supreme Court Finds Board of Supervisors Improperly Denied Permit for Construction of Broadband Internet Network
This post was authored by Jazleen Galvez, Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. The Gage County Board of Supervisors appealed an action brought by Pinpoint Communications, Inc. (“Pinpoint”), after…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
NTIA Launches Second BEAD Funding Round
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced a second round of Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding to provide broadband to locations expected to remain unserved after the…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
NTIA Approves all Final BEAD plans
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…