The U.S. Senate has fully awakened to the need to close the digital divide between rural and urban America. A bill introduced by Senators John Thune (R-S.D.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.)…
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, in a recent Newsweek op-ed, suggested that large online streaming service providers – Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime, Disney+ and Microsoft – should begin paying their fair…
In an April letter, a group of U.S. Senators reminded the Commission that Congress had enacted the Broadband DATA Act almost a year ago to improve what have been inaccurate…
The Commission, in its Fourth Report and Order, took several steps to crack down on illegal robocalls. It recently published a set of guidelines to assist RLECs and other small…
In a recent meeting with the FCC, NTCA – The Rural Broadband Association, asked again that the Commission waive application of its budget control mechanism to certain kinds of universal…
As you may know, the FCC has prohibited the use of Universal Service Funds to purchase, obtain, maintain or in any other way support equipment or services from companies found…
In Public Notice DA 21-454, released April 20, 2021, the WCB announced the immediate opening of its Robocall Mitigation Database, provided detailed instructions, and established a June 30, 2021 deadline…
