All in USF
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has denied Huawei’s legal challenge to the FCC’s rule prohibiting the use of universal service fund support to purchase equipment and services from companies deemed to pose a threat to U.S. national security.
The FCC has waived the budget control mechanism for rate-of-return carriers that receive legacy universal service support.
USAC has filed data on the universal service fund contribution base to be used for the third quarter of 2021.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has written an op-ed in Newsweek which calls for “Big Tech” to start contributing to the Universal Service Fund to help support broadband networks.
USAC has announced an 8.6% budget control mechanism applicable to rate-of-return ILECs subject to cost-based universal service support rules for July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
USAC has filed USF size and administrative cost projections for the third quarter of 2021.
An update on news during April 2021
An update on recent news, April 1 -15.
An update on news from March 2021
The Tenth Circuit has issued an order affirming the FCC’s decision to collect USF overpayments made to Blanca Telephone Company through administrative offsets.
