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Memo: Supply Chain Data Collection (SCDC) Annual Report due March 31, 2023
March 16, 2023
The Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 established the requirement for providers of Advanced Communications Services to report and certify annually information regarding purchasing, renting or leasing any equipment from the FCC’s Covered List of equipment or services that are deemed to pose a threat to national security interests. All providers of Advanced…
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Memo: FCC Form 477 Sunset Update
December 21, 2022
The FCC Form 477 Sunset Order was published in the Federal Register on December 16, 2022. No further FCC Form 477 filings will be required. The Commission will continue to collect broadband and voice subscription data but filers will submit the data through the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) portal. On December 9, 2022, the Federal…
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Memo: Broadband Label Order Effective January 17, 2023
December 20, 2022
FCC seeks further comments; Upcoming OMB approval will start compliance countdown. With Friday’s publication in the Federal Register of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) recent Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the Order), the cycle for further comments on additional information to be included on the broadband label begins. Importantly, Internet service…
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Memo: Sunset of FCC Form 477
December 13, 2022
FCC Order released December 9, 2023. On December 9, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released an Order announcing the sunset of the FCC Form 477 effective immediately upon publication of the Order in the Federal Register. The FCC will continue to collect broadband and voice subscription data, but it will be collected via the…
Continue ReadingMemo: FCC Announces Updated Lifeline Minimum Standards
September 24, 2021
FCC Announces Updated Lifeline Minimum Standards Recent updates and clarifications regarding Tribal Lifeline have been added. Summary The FCC released a Public Notice on July 30, 2021 announcing the new Lifeline Minimum Standards that will take effective on December 1, 2021. Fixed Broadband – 25/3 with 1229 GB of usage per month (speed remained…
Continue ReadingMemo: FCC Announces Census Blocks Eligible for Continued Voice-Only Lifeline Support
June 3, 2021
FCC Announces Census Blocks Eligible for Continued Voice-Only Lifeline Support Summary In the 2016 Lifeline Reform Order, the FCC began the transition to phase out the Lifeline support for voice-only services in an attempt to shift the focus of Lifeline benefits toward broadband services. The transition for voice-only supported services are: Until December 1, 2019…
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