E-rate FY2018 Application Filing Window
USAC announces the E-rate application filing window open and close dates for funding year 2018.
WCB Releases FY2018 E-rate ESL
WCB today released the E-rate eligible services list for funding year 2018.
Chairman Pai Confirmed
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has been confirmed by the Senate 52-41 to serve a second term, which will expire in 2021. For his statement, click here.
WCB Releases Analysis on Voice Services
As
required by the E-rate Modernization Orders, WCB released its analysis on voice
services.
FCC seeks comment on E-rate C2 Budgets
WCB seeks comment on Category 2 Budgets, specifically addressing:
FCC Seeking Nominations for USAC Board
WCB seeks nominations for USAC Board member positions for three year terms. Nominations are due by October 27, 2017.
FCC Limits E-rate Appeal Options
In its first order of 2017, the FCC denied an application for review filed by Net56, after both USAC and the Wireline Competition Bureau found that Net56’s appeal had been untimely filed because it was received more than 60 days after receipt of commitment adjustment decision letters (COMADs) from USAC.
Trump expected to tap Commissioner Pai for FCC Chair
Media sources are reporting that President Trump will nominate current FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai to be the chair of the FCC.
FCC Grants Sweetwater Appeal, Affirming Districts' Competitive Bidding Process
In one of its last actions of 2016, the FCC granted a $36 million appeal filed last May by the Sweetwater Consortium on behalf of more than 40 Tennessee school districts.
