The FCC has answered some old questions about the next phase of the Connect America Fund, but it's also managed to raise new questions, particularly about CAF Phase II and Mobility Fund Phase II Auctions.… Continue Reading
The FCC is looking for proposals to bring advanced telecommunications services to rural Americans . . . and it's planning on providing governmental cash to worthy proponents.… Continue Reading
A number of modified reporting requirements adopted by the FCC last fall in its mammoth decision overhauling the Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation system have now kicked in.… Continue Reading
Check it out: a semi-brief overview, from the wireless perspective, of the massive order overhauling the Universal Service Fund and Intercarrier Compensation system.… Continue Reading
Call me Ishmael! That's how the Commission might have opened its leviathan Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the proceeding to overhaul the Universal Service Fund.… Continue Reading
The FCC has adopted a framework by which to (a) reform and re-purpose the distribution of billions of dollars in Universal Service Fund money and (b) revise the financial arrangements governing the exchange of traffic between all categories of carriers.… Continue Reading
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step . . . and also (when it comes to overhauling the Universal Service Fund and Intercarrier Compensation regime) with a 229-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. We summarize that NPRM here.… Continue Reading
Deadlines for comments on the FCC's proposal to overhaul the Universal Service Fund and Intercarrier Compensation system have been set.… Continue Reading