ReConnect Challenge Process Begins: Are You Prepared to Defend Your Service Area?
JSI Encourages All Providers to Determine If Their Service Areas Are Impacted by the Proposed Service Areas in Applications This week, the USDA released three public notices listing 288 applications that have been filed [...]
Important New Developments in National Broadband Mapping
Broadband Service Providers Should Get Ready to Upload Data This Summer The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve broadband mapping accuracy prior to the disbursement of [...]
FCC Seeks Comments on Rural Health Care Program, Communications Accessibility, and Universal Service Fund
Clients have several opportunities to provide feedback and insight to help the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shape policy and inform upcoming congressional reports. JSI encourages clients to file comments in proceedings relevant to their [...]
FCC Announces Filing Deadline for New Broadband Data Collection and Adds $86 Million to the Emergency Connectivity Fund
The FCC recently made two announcements impacting broadband providers’ reporting obligations and participants in the Schools and Libraries program. First, fixed and mobile broadband service providers must submit broadband availability data in the FCC’s [...]
FCC Takes Another Look at Individual TN Pooling
Three state utility commissions have asked the FCC once again to consider individual telephone number pooling (ITN pooling) as a proposed method of conserving numbering resources within an area code. The process involves a [...]
NPAC Annual Continued Qualification Filing Due March 25
All service providers that are registered with the Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) must complete their 2022 Annual Continued Qualification (ACQ) online no later than March 25, 2022. The ACQ submission is an annual attestation [...]
FCC Begins Process to Require Broadband Labels for ISPs
At its last Open Meeting on January 27, 2022, the FCC proposed to require Internet service providers (ISPs) to display “consumer broadband labels” containing important information about the provider’s services, such as prices, speeds, data [...]
E-Rate Round-Up: Notable Changes for Funding Year 2022 and Beyond
Telecommunications carriers that participate in the federal E-Rate program should be aware of several upcoming deadlines and take note of two procedural changes for Funding Year 2022. Companies also should review the FCC’s proposed [...]