The FCC has issued a Public Notice seeking comment on “the use of E-Rate program funds to support advanced or next-generation firewalls and services, as well as other network security services.” Comments are due on or before February 13, 2023, and reply comments are due March 30, 2023.
The FCC is seeking comment on a Section 214 application filed by Daniel P. Friesen and IdeaTek Telcom, LLC, requesting consent to transfer control of IdeaTek.
The FCC’s Office of Managing Director has announced that the proposed universal service fund contribution factor for the first quarter of 2023 will be 32.6 percent.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held an oral argument in Consumers’ Research v. FCC., a legal challenge to universal service fund contributions.
USAC has filed projected USF contribution base data which will be used to determine the USF contribution factor for the first quarter of calendar year 2023.
The FCC has released an initial version of its new national broadband map that shows location-level information about broadband services available throughout the U.S.
A news update on the Biden-Harris Administration’s $45 billion Internet for All initiative, which is comprised of the three broadband funding programs authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.
A jury has found Grande Communications, LLC contributorily liable for willful copyright infringement of 1,403 copyrighted works owned by a group of record labels. The jury awarded the labels $46.7 million in statutory damages.
An update on important news from October 2022.
