FCC Releases Guidance & Examples on A-CAM Deployment Obligations
The FCC has released a Public Notice providing guidance and illustrative examples of calculating Alternative Connect America Model (A-CAM) final deployment obligations and support recovery if an A-CAM recipient does not meet its final [...]
FCC Confirms Rules for Price Cap BDS, Adds UNE Transport Forbearance
The FCC released an Order on Price-Cap carriers’ business data service (BDS) rules late last week which extends some of these rules to DS1 and DS3 unbundled network element (UNE) transport. These rules only apply [...]
JSI Plans Group Comments for A-CAM Carriers Facing Location Shortages
Filing Deadlines are July 19 & 25 Several JSI A-CAM clients, including those that have just elected A-CAM II, have discovered a wide discrepancy between the number of locations specified in the A-CAM for [...]
ReConnect Challenge Process Begins
Clients Encouraged to Check Applicant Areas Before the USDA’s Rural Utilities Services (RUS) distributes $600 million in funding for its Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (Reconnect), it must validate that the areas where applicants are [...]
Carrier Identification Code Reports Due July 31
The semi-annual Carrier Identification Code (CIC) Entity Access and Usage reports covering the period from January 1 through June 30, 2019, are due to the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA) CIC Administrator by [...]
USAC Rolls Out New Required Lifeline Database Today
Eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) providing Lifeline discounts to customers will have a new database to contend with as part of USAC’s ongoing efforts to curb waste, fraud and abuse in the Lifeline program. USAC [...]
FCC Delays A-CAM II Election Deadline
Seeks Comment on Addressing Location Shortage In a Public Notice released late yesterday afternoon, the FCC delayed the deadline for making the A-CAM II election for one month – until July 17, 2019. In [...]
FCC Announces 2019 EAS Test Date
Yesterday, the FCC scheduled the 2019 Emergency Alert System (EAS) nationwide test for Wednesday, August 7, 2019, at 2:20 p.m. EDT. The test’s backup date will be August 21, 2019. All CATV companies must [...]