The Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) directed the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) on December 23, 2020, to update its urban and rural rates database (RHC Database) for the Rural Health Care Telecommunications Program for all funding requests committed since its July 1, 2020, launch.
On December 23, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission announced a settlement of more than $24 million with IBM for E-rate violations.
Today, in a Public Notice, the FCC announced that the proposed USF contribution factor for the first quarter of 2021 will be 31.8 percent.
Yesterday, the Wireline Competition Bureau released an Order extending its waivers of the Rural Healthcare and E-Rate program gift rules through June 30, 2021.
On November 30, 2020, the Wireline Competition Bureau released an Order accelerating the effective dates of certain rules it had previously delayed until FY 2021.
On November 5, 2020, USAC announced the Rural Health Care filing window will open on January 4, 2021 and close on April 1, 2021.
On November 30, 2020, the Wireline Competition Bureau issued the Eligible Services List (ESL) for Funding Year 2021.
