{"description":"Documents matching 'must include only broadband providers'","count":2134,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=must+include+only+broadband+providers&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Empowering Broadband Consumers Through Transparency; Delete, Delete, Delete","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Commission seeks comment on several changes to the broadband label rules. Specifically, the Commission proposes to eliminate requirements that providers: (1) read the label to consumers over the phone; (2) itemize state and local passthrough fees that vary by location; (3) provide information about the now- concluded Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP); (4) display labels in customer account portals; (5) make labels available in machine readable format; and (6) archive labels for at least two years after a service is no longer offered to new customers. The Commission also seeks comment on streamlining and eliminating any other label requirement, such as the multilingual display requirement, that may be unduly burdensome and costly. The Commission also proposes to end our inquiry into new requirements that would take the labels out of alignment with the authorizing statute.","document_number":"2025-21807","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/03/2025-21807/empowering-broadband-consumers-through-transparency-delete-delete-delete","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-03/pdf/2025-21807.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21807.pdf?1764683112","publication_date":"2025-12-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"be the actual, precise amount of those fees? Should the Commission instead require <span class=\"match\">only</span> that it state the maximum (or “up to”) amount consumers would incur? What other factors should the Commission consider? Would this proposal incentivize <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to market <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> services differently, and, if so, how?\n \n \n 6. \n Affordable Connectivity Plan. \n The Commission proposes to permanently eliminate the requirement that <span class=\"match\">providers</span> <span class=\"match\">include</span> ACP information in the <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> label because that program is no longer funded by Congress and ended on June 1, 2024"},{"title":"Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program; Delete, Delete, Delete","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted an Order that takes steps to streamline the processes associated with the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) and the National Broadband Map and alleviates unnecessary regulatory burdens on service providers and challenge process participants. The Order aligns reporting requirements for broadband availability and subscription data, expressly declines to adopt a proposal to require satellite providers to submit additional certifications and supporting data, streamlines the Fabric challenge process, adopts a maximally- streamlined process by which the BDC system automatically removes areas or locations that fail a verification or audit without requiring the provider to update its availability data after receiving notice of the failed verification or audit, and makes certain ministerial changes.","document_number":"2026-12766","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12766/establishing-the-digital-opportunity-data-collection-modernizing-the-fcc-form-477-data-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12766.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12766.pdf?1782218725","publication_date":"2026-06-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"determined that it would rely upon verification measures to help ensure the accuracy of satellite <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> availability data. The Commission reminded satellite <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that “the standards for availability reporting that apply to \n all fixed services \n require that satellite <span class=\"match\">providers</span> <span class=\"match\">include</span> <span class=\"match\">only</span> locations that they are currently serving or meet the <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> installation standard.” The Commission also reminded satellite <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that they can <span class=\"match\">only</span> report an ability to serve an area upon a reasonable basis, “taking into account current and expected"},{"title":"Modernizing Spectrum Sharing for Satellite Broadband","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or we) adopts a Report and Order (Order) that revises the spectrum sharing framework for Geostationary Orbit (GSO) and Non- Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) systems that currently relies on NGSO systems complying with Equivalent Power Flux Density (EPFD) limits developed in the late-1990s. The consequence today of applying such EPFD limits in the United States is that operators must overprotect GSO systems, which in turn means that American households and businesses-- most critically in rural and remote areas--do not receive the fastest space-based NGSO satellite broadband American innovation has available. Based on the technical record in this proceeding, the Order replaces the EPFD framework with modern, performance-based GSO protection criteria. The Order extends the Commission's framework for good-faith coordination and allow NGSO and GSO operators to bargain for appropriate interference protections through voluntary, private agreement. The Order further adopts technical backstops to protect GSO systems when coordination has not been reached.","document_number":"2026-09565","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/13/2026-09565/modernizing-spectrum-sharing-for-satellite-broadband","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-13/pdf/2026-09565.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09565.pdf?1778589924","publication_date":"2026-05-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"States is that operators <span class=\"match\">must</span> overprotect GSO systems. The cost of this government-imposed overprotection is that American households and businesses—most critically in rural and remote areas—do not receive the fastest space-based <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> American innovation has available.\n \n \n \n 2. The benefits of our changes today may total well over $2 billion, with capacity increases of 100% to 700% possible using the same number of in-orbit NGSO satellites. Allowing for more intensive spectrum use brings satellite <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> <span class=\"match\">providers</span> closer to the milestone"},{"title":"Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program; Delete, Delete, Delete","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that seeks comment on eliminating outdated requirements and ways to enhance the efficiency of the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) while ensuring that the Commission continues to receive accurate, granular data. Building off the infrastructure data-based coverage restoration process established by the Commission in 2024, the FNPRM seeks comment on several approaches suggested by commenters to simplify, streamline, or otherwise reduce burdens on this coverage restoration process. The FNPRM seeks comment on several ways to simplify the collection of fixed and fixed wireless biannual submissions, specifically on: (1) either allowing providers to indicate certain fixed broadband availability data have been \"grandfathered\" or else simply eliminating the collection of these data; (2) eliminating the requirement that a provider report fixed broadband availability data at speeds below 25/3 Mbps as part of its biannual submission; (3) revising the Commission's rules to eliminate the requirement for providers to use and disclose maximum buffer size data in their BDC biannual submissions; and (4) revising the Commission's rules to relax the 7 meter antenna height requirement that fixed wireless providers must use when modeling their coverage. In addition, the FNPRM seeks comment on ending legacy data collections for mobile service, specifically the collection of 3G mobile broadband availability data and mobile voice data as part of a provider's biannual submission, including potential impacts on reporting for Alaska and on relevant USF programs, respectively. Furthermore, the FNPRM seeks comment on current data retention practices to develop a set of best practices instead of adopting any substantive rule. The FNPRM seeks comment on several potential challenge process improvements, specifically on: (1) allowing service providers to presumptively rebut certain types of fixed challenges with infrastructure data and on requiring infrastructure data in response to certain types of fixed challenges; (2) various options for simplifying and reducing the provider response periods for the fixed challenge process; (3) streamlining the mobile challenge process by automatically removing from the National Broadband Map (NBM) all challenged areas that are conceded or upheld; and (4) relaxing or removing some current mobile crowdsourced data requirements to encourage the submission of additional data. The FNPRM seeks comment on mobile verification and audit process improvements. The FNPRM also seeks comment on improvements to the collection of mobile crowdsourced data and the use of drone data. Lastly, the FNPRM seeks comment on revising the Commission's rules to expressly provide that subscription data, the geographic coordinates of mobile or fixed wireless base stations, mobile or fixed wireless link budget parameter rationales, and any infrastructure data submitted in response to a verification request or audit will be always treated as confidential.","document_number":"2026-12767","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12767/establishing-the-digital-opportunity-data-collection-modernizing-the-fcc-form-477-data-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12767.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12767.pdf?1782218725","publication_date":"2026-06-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"particular location might be grandfathered, the location still <span class=\"match\">must</span> be reported as served in a <span class=\"match\">provider's</span> biannual BDC availability filing. We seek comment on various aspects of not requiring <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to report data on grandfathered services, including whether the <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> DATA Act prohibits the Commission from refraining to collect data on the availability of grandfathered <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> internet access services. Can the overall framework of the <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> DATA Act that requires all <span class=\"match\">providers</span> of <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> internet access service to report such service in the"},{"title":"Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Commission adopted a Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM or Further Notice) addressing deployment of broadband facilities on utility poles. It seeks comment on requiring attachers to deploy equipment on poles within 120 days of completion of make-ready work. It also seeks comment on whether the Commission should require attachers to make payment on an estimate to a utility within a specific period of time after acceptance. It additionally seeks comment on limiting the amount that final make-ready costs can exceed the utility's estimate without receiving prior approval from the attacher. It further seeks comment on whether to expand the availability of the one-touch, make-ready (OTMR) process to include complex survey and make-ready work. Moreover, it seeks comment establishing a deadline to on-board approved contractors. It also seeks comment on whether the Commission should define the term \"pole\" for purposes of Section 224 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and whether the term should be construed to include light poles. Further, it seeks comment on legal authority to adopt each of the proposals as well as any other germane policy points or facts, and on how the costs, benefits, or burdens of any rules the Commission adopts might impact businesses of various sizes.","document_number":"2025-16088","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/22/2025-16088/accelerating-wireline-broadband-deployment-by-removing-barriers-to-infrastructure-investment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-22/pdf/2025-16088.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16088.pdf?1755780371","publication_date":"2025-08-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Internet Access Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> \n \n 71. \n Wired <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> Internet Access Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> (Wired ISPs). \n <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> of wired <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> internet access service <span class=\"match\">include</span> various types of <span class=\"match\">providers</span> except dial-up internet access <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. Wireline service that terminates at an end user location or mobile device and enables the end user to receive information from and/or send information to the internet at information transfer rates exceeding 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in at least one direction is classified as a <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> connection under the"},{"title":"Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB or the Bureau) adopts the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric (Fabric), the most up-to-date and comprehensive source for identifying broadband serviceable locations (BSLs), as the basis it will rely on for generally verifying compliance with high-cost program deployment obligations and for adjusting the location obligations for certain high-cost support mechanisms.","document_number":"2025-03344","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/05/2025-03344/broadband-serviceable-location-fabric","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-05/pdf/2025-03344.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03344.pdf?1741095907","publication_date":"2025-03-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"000 locations that should be BSLs . . . but CostQuest accepted <span class=\"match\">only</span> about 700 of the locations as valid BSLs.” Because NRECA's comments do not provide enough information to identify the <span class=\"match\">provider</span> that had problems with the Fabric challenge process, the Bureau is not able to specifically identify the reason for the <span class=\"match\">provider's</span> low success rate for its challenges. Nevertheless, the Bureau notes that NRECA acknowledges the \n \n low success rate may be because the data used by the <span class=\"match\">provider</span> to support its challenges do not meet the Commission's requirements"},{"title":"Sunshine Act Meeting; Open Commission Meeting Wednesday, May 20, 2026","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Commission will consider a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would propose to enhance the STIR/SHAKEN framework used by voice providers to combat illegal robocalls by improving know-your- upstream-provider (KYUP) requirements and oversight, raising standards for STIR/SHAKEN attestations, and closing implementation loopholes. 2.................. Broadband Data Task Title: Establishing the Force. Digital Opportunity Data Collection (WC Docket No. 11-10); Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program (WC Docket No. 19-195); and Delete, Delete, Delete (GN Docket No. 25-133) Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would take several steps to streamline and improve the FCC's Broadband Data Collection (BDC). This item would alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens on service providers and challenge process participants by streamlining audits and verifications, improving challenge processes, and reducing regulatory burdens that add costs without a corresponding benefit to the quality of provider-reported data, all while ensuring that the data depicted on the National Broadband Map is accurate. 3.................. Public Safety & Title: Resilient Networks Homeland Security. (PS Docket No. 21-346); Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications (PS Docket No. 15-80); and New Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications (ET Docket No. 04-35) Summary: The Commission will consider a Third Report and Order to modernize DIRS by enhancing its capabilities while eliminating unnecessary reporting burdens. These actions will provide better information to emergency managers during disasters and allow communications service providers to focus their resources on service restoration instead of redundant paperwork at times when every second counts. 4.................. Wireline Competition.. Title: Reforming the High- Cost Program for an All-IP Future (WC Docket No. 26- 96); and Connect America Fund: A National Broadband Plan for our Future High- Cost Universal Support (WC Docket No. 10-90) Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on how a High-Cost Modernization initiative could best ensure that all Americans, particularly those in rural areas, have access to next-generation services in an ever- changing environment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------","document_number":"2026-09837","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/15/2026-09837/sunshine-act-meeting-open-commission-meeting-wednesday-may-20-2026","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-15/pdf/2026-09837.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09837.pdf?1778703310","publication_date":"2026-05-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Rulemaking that would take several steps to streamline and improve the FCC's <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> Data Collection (BDC). This item would alleviate unnecessary regulatory burdens on service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and challenge process participants by streamlining audits and verifications, improving challenge processes, and reducing regulatory burdens that add costs without a corresponding benefit to the quality of <span class=\"match\">provider</span>-reported data, all while ensuring that the data depicted on the National <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> Map is accurate.\n \n \n \n \n 3 \n Public Safety &amp; Homeland Security \n \n"},{"title":"Reforming the High-Cost Program for an All-IP Future, Connect America Fund: A National Broadband Plan for Our Future High-Cost Universal Support","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that kicks off a process to examine how the Commission can make some of its high-cost mechanisms even more efficient and effective into the future. Ensuring a predictable High-Cost Program for years to come--call it High-Cost Modernization--will provide continuing support for our Build America Agenda, supercharge American leadership in Artificial Intelligence (AI) by efficiently supporting the broadband-capable networks upon which AI-enhanced applications and services will be delivered and accessed, and will help accelerate the transition to Internet Protocol (IP) networks.","document_number":"2026-11353","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/05/2026-11353/reforming-the-high-cost-program-for-an-all-ip-future-connect-america-fund-a-national-broadband-plan","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-05/pdf/2026-11353.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11353.pdf?1780577120","publication_date":"2026-06-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"should take. \n Based on the National <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> Map, the Commission estimates there are approximately 3.1 million BSLs in the areas served by legacy and the relevant A-CAM rate-of-return carriers. These rate-of-return carriers collectively offer voice and <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> service of at least 100/20 Mbps to 2.5 million BSLs in these areas, or 80% of the total BSLs. Unsubsidized competitors, not including satellite <span class=\"match\">providers</span>, offer <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> service of at least 100/20 Mbps to 58% of the BSLs in these areas, which <span class=\"match\">includes</span> a BSL overlap of 46% with those carriers"},{"title":"Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization; Bridging the Digital Divide for Low-Income Consumers; Telecommunications Carriers Eligible for Universal Service Support; Affordable Connectivity Program; Emergency Broadband Benefit Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks to ensure that Lifeline services are used to benefit and support eligible low-income Americans, that the program's funding is protected from waste, fraud, and abuse, and that service providers are in compliance with Commission rules. The Commission also seeks to update and streamline Lifeline and related rules.","document_number":"2026-06531","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/03/2026-06531/lifeline-and-link-up-reform-and-modernization-bridging-the-digital-divide-for-low-income-consumers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-03/pdf/2026-06531.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06531.pdf?1775133915","publication_date":"2026-04-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"benefit is applied, many fixed <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> plans require a substantial monthly fee. \n \n Fixed <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> speed. \n Per Commission rules, WCB sets the fixed <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> speed minimum service standard at the 30th percentile of subscribed <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> speeds. However, if WCB does not publish the minimum service standard on or before July 31, the minimum service standard for the upcoming year will be the greater of the current minimum service standard or the Connect America Fund speed standard for rate-of-return fixed <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> <span class=\"match\">providers</span> (WCB has used the Connect"},{"title":"Resilient Networks; Concerning Disruptions to Communications","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modernizes the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) to reduce reporting burdens on stakeholders and ensure that the information being collected is useful for disaster response. Our modernization allows manual filers to submit a single, dynamic form instead of multiple worksheets, and enables them to use a \"one-click\" option to easily indicate there is no change from the previous day's report. Further, unnecessary fields and worksheets will be eliminated to ensure that DIRS is collecting the information that is most important for emergency response. This modernization also eliminates the requirement for service providers to file a DIRS final report within 24 hours of DIRS' deactivation, and exempts non-facilities-based providers from DIRS reporting. This document also recognizes the emergence of public safety voice and broadband networks and the critical connectivity they provide to public safety stakeholders by requiring providers of these services to submit DIRS reports on the status of their public safety network infrastructure. Finally, we augment providers' ability to voluntarily submit geospatial information on infrastructure affected by disasters. Together, these changes provide public safety officials with the additional information they need, while also making it easier for service providers to satisfy their reporting obligations.","document_number":"2026-13155","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/30/2026-13155/resilient-networks-concerning-disruptions-to-communications","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-30/pdf/2026-13155.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13155.pdf?1782737115","publication_date":"2026-06-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"this will provide an incremental time savings to those <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that elect not to complete this field in DIRS, it will enable <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to continue to share this information. ACA Connects supports our rationale for this conclusion and no commenters object to proceeding in this manner.\n \n \n Make <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> Data User Fields Voluntary. \n We make the collection of <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> access user information voluntary, rather than mandatory, for all DIRS filers except fixed and mobile <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that are stage 2 recipients of the Uniendo a Puerto Rico"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission or Agency) is modifying a system of records, FCC/WCB-3, Affordable Connectivity Program, subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. This action is necessary to meet the requirements of the Privacy Act to publish in the Federal Register notice of the existence and character of records maintained by the agency. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), the successor to the Commission's Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, provides discounts for broadband internet access service (BIAS) to qualifying households. A household may qualify for the ACP if an individual in the household has applied for and has been approved to receive benefits under the free and reduced price lunch program, receives assistance through the special supplemental nutritional program for women, infants, and children (WIC), receives a Pell Grant, qualifies for the Lifeline program, meets certain income requirements, or qualifies for a low-income program offered by internet service providers. The ACP is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the Commission and, by delegation, of the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB). This system of records contains information about individual ACP applicants and participants, providers' claims and certifying officers, and providers' enrollment representatives. This modification adds one new routine use.","document_number":"2026-03737","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03737/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-25/pdf/2026-03737.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03737.pdf?1771940711","publication_date":"2026-02-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"for purposes of assisting individuals in applying for and recertifying for the ACP. \n 7. Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>—Records may be disclosed to <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> <span class=\"match\">providers</span>, and their registered representatives, in order to confirm an individual's eligibility, complete benefit transfer requests, facilitate the provision of service, complete de-enrollments, allow for the <span class=\"match\">provider</span> to receive reimbursement through the ACP, to provide information to the relevant <span class=\"match\">provider</span> about a registered enrollment representative whose account has been disabled for cause, and provide"},{"title":"Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Broadband Technical Assistance Program for Fiscal Year 2024","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Rural Utilities Service (RUS or the Agency), a Rural Development (RD) agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), announces the acceptance of applications for the Broadband Technical Assistance (BTA) Program for fiscal year (FY) 2024. The BTA Program provides competitive cooperative agreement funding to eligible entities to receive or deliver broadband technical assistance and training that promotes the expansion of broadband into rural areas. Examples of broadband technical assistance projects may include conducting feasibility studies, completing network designs, and developing broadband financial assistance applications. This announcement lists the information needed to submit an application.","document_number":"2024-13691","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/21/2024-13691/notice-of-funding-opportunity-for-the-broadband-technical-assistance-program-for-fiscal-year-2024","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-21/pdf/2024-13691.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-13691.pdf?1718887547","publication_date":"2024-06-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Rural Utilities Service","name":"Rural Utilities Service","id":460,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/rural-utilities-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/460","parent_id":12,"slug":"rural-utilities-service"}],"excerpts":"Agriculture (USDA), announces the acceptance of applications for the <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> Technical Assistance (BTA) Program for fiscal year (FY) 2024. The BTA Program provides competitive cooperative agreement funding to eligible entities to receive or deliver <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> technical assistance and training that promotes the expansion of <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> into rural areas. Examples of <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> technical assistance projects may <span class=\"match\">include</span> conducting feasibility studies, completing network designs, and developing <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> financial assistance applications. This announcement lists"},{"title":"Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) codifies the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) challenge process deadline as required by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, delegates authority to the offices and bureaus to conduct BDC audits, and clarifies that providers must submit detailed data to seek restoration for those locations or areas on the National Broadband Map (NBM).","document_number":"2024-16935","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/15/2024-16935/establishing-the-digital-opportunity-data-collection-modernizing-the-fcc-form-477-data-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-15/pdf/2024-16935.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16935.pdf?1723639517","publication_date":"2024-08-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"satellite, and mobile <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> internet access service,” and “processes through which the Commission can verify the accuracy of data” submitted by <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> service <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. The <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> DATA Act recognizes that, due to ongoing changes in the availability of internet services across the United States and its Territories, the <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> Data Collection is an iterative process and that the NBM <span class=\"match\">must</span> be updated regularly with refreshed data to reflect the on-the-ground reality of mass-market <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> availability. <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> <span class=\"match\">must</span> therefore report availability"},{"title":"Reducing Barriers to Network Improvements and Service Changes","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks comment on deregulatory options to encourage providers to build, maintain, and upgrade their networks such that all consumers and businesses can benefit from technological strides in the communications marketplace, while safeguarding consumers' access to critical emergency services such as 911. These actions propose to reduce regulatory barriers that prevent much-needed investment in and deployment of broadband and thus hinder the transition to all-IP networks offering a plethora of advanced communications services, and seek comment on ways to further fast-track the delivery of services to consumers through modernized networks while protecting public safety.","document_number":"2025-16540","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/28/2025-16540/reducing-barriers-to-network-improvements-and-service-changes","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-28/pdf/2025-16540.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16540.pdf?1756298736","publication_date":"2025-08-28","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Internet Access Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> \n \n 124. \n Wired <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> internet Access Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> (Wired ISPs). \n <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> of wired <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> internet access service <span class=\"match\">include</span> various types of <span class=\"match\">providers</span> except dial-up internet access <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. Wireline service that terminates at an end user location or \n \n mobile device and enables the end user to receive information from and/or send information to the internet at information transfer rates exceeding 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in at least one direction is classified as a <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> connection under the"},{"title":"Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, a Fifth Report and Order adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes rules ensuring greater collaboration and cooperation between utilities and attachers, establishing a timeline for large pole attachment requests, revising and improving the pole attachment timeline, and establishing a deadline for the contractor approval process. In addition, the Commission denies in part and grants in part a Petition for Clarification and/or Reconsideration from the Edison Electric Institute of portions of the Commission's December 2023 Fourth Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Finally, the Commission denies a Petition for Reconsideration from the Coalition of Concerned Utilities of a portion of the Fourth Report and Order.","document_number":"2025-16332","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/26/2025-16332/accelerating-wireline-broadband-deployment-by-removing-barriers-to-infrastructure-investment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-26/pdf/2025-16332.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16332.pdf?1756125927","publication_date":"2025-08-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Internet Access Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> \n \n 98. \n Wired <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> Internet Access Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> (Wired ISPs). \n <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> of wired <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> internet access service <span class=\"match\">include</span> various types of <span class=\"match\">providers</span> except dial-up internet access <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. Wireline service that terminates at an end user location or mobile device and enables the end user to receive information from and/or send information to the internet at information transfer rates exceeding 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in at least one direction is classified as a <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> connection under the"},{"title":"Review of the Commission's Rules Governing the 896-901/935-940 MHz Band","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) continues its efforts to expand broadband access in the 896-901/935-940 MHz band. This Report and Order now makes broadband available across all ten megahertz of this band. This Report and Order creates three options for 900 MHz licenses: a narrowband license; paired three-megahertz channels, called 3/3 broadband licenses: and paired five-megahertz channels, called 5/5 licenses.","document_number":"2026-06239","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/31/2026-06239/review-of-the-commissions-rules-governing-the-896-901935-940-mhz-band","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-31/pdf/2026-06239.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06239.pdf?1774874720","publication_date":"2026-03-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"credit. Such spectrum credits will <span class=\"match\">only</span> be permitted in limited circumstances: the spectrum credits may <span class=\"match\">only</span> be used by the licensee that originally relinquished the spectrum and <span class=\"match\">only</span> during its application for a 5/5 <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> license. An applicant <span class=\"match\">must</span> note the previously relinquished spectrum during the 5/5 <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> application process for a given county, and the information provided will be verified by Commission staff. Should an applicant fail to <span class=\"match\">include</span> any potential spectrum credit during the 5/5 <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> application process for a given county"},{"title":"Sunshine Act; Open Commission Meeting Wednesday, February 18, 2026","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on reforms to the Lifeline program to ensure that federal dollars go to eligible Americans, enhance program integrity, ensure that service providers comply with the Commission's rules and regulations, and streamline Lifeline rules. 2.................. WIRELESS TELE Title: Maximizing the COMMUNICATIONS. Potential of the 900 MHz Band (WT Docket No. 24- 99). Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would enable broadband deployment on all ten megahertz of the 900 MHz band (896-901/935- 940 MHz band), facilitating additional spectrum access by utilities, critical infrastructure, and other enterprises for private wireless broadband deployments that drive innovation and stimulate the American economy. 3.................. MEDIA................. Title: Proposing Application Limit in Upcoming NCE Reserved Band FM Translator Filing Window (MB Docket No. 26- 20). Summary: The Commission will consider a Public Notice to propose and seek comment on eligibility restrictions and a general limit of ten applications filed by any applicant entity in the upcoming 2026 filing window for new noncommercial educational reserved band FM translator stations. 4.................. WIRELINE COMPETITION.. Title: Reforming Legacy Rules for an All-IP Future (WC Docket No. 25-311); and Accelerating Network Modernization (WC Docket No. 25-208).","document_number":"2026-03092","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/17/2026-03092/sunshine-act-open-commission-meeting-wednesday-february-18-2026","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-17/pdf/2026-03092.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03092.pdf?1770930912","publication_date":"2026-02-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Communications Commission, 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC. \n \n While attendance at the Open Meeting is available to the public, the FCC headquarters building is not open access and all guests <span class=\"match\">must</span> check in with and be screened by FCC security at the main entrance on L Street. Attendees at the Open Meeting will not be required to have an appointment but <span class=\"match\">must</span> otherwise comply with protocols outlined at: \n www.fcc.gov/visit. \n Open Meetings are streamed live at: \n www.fcc.gov/live \n and on the FCC's YouTube channel.\n \n \n   \n \n Item No. \n Bureau \n Subject"},{"title":"Modernizing Spectrum Sharing for Satellite Broadband","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or we) seeks comment on modernizing spectrum sharing between geostationary (GSO) and non-geostationary (NGSO) satellite systems operating in the 10.7-12.7, 17.3-18.6, and 19.7-20.2 GHz frequency bands in which equivalent power-flux density (EPFD) limits apply.","document_number":"2025-10799","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/13/2025-10799/modernizing-spectrum-sharing-for-satellite-broadband","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-13/pdf/2025-10799.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-10799.pdf?1749732319","publication_date":"2025-06-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"by paper <span class=\"match\">must</span> <span class=\"match\">include</span> an original and one copy of each filing.\n \n ○ Filings can be sent by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All filings <span class=\"match\">must</span> be addressed to the Commission's Secretary, Office of the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission. \n ○ Hand-delivered or messenger-delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary are accepted between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. by the FCC's mailing contractor at 9050 Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701. All hand deliveries <span class=\"match\">must</span> be held together"},{"title":"Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) eliminates the professional engineer certification requirement for the biannual Broadband Data Collection filings and instead allows the biannual filings to be certified by a qualified engineer that has relevant minimum experience and education.","document_number":"2025-12240","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/01/2025-12240/establishing-the-digital-opportunity-data-collection-modernizing-the-fcc-form-477-data-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-01/pdf/2025-12240.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12240.pdf?1751287527","publication_date":"2025-07-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Technological Availability Act (<span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> DATA Act) requires fixed <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to report <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> availability on a location-by-location basis and mobile wireless <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to report their coverage areas using standardized propagation modeling parameters. Consistent with the <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> DATA Act's requirement that submissions <span class=\"match\">include</span> a certification from a corporate officer of the <span class=\"match\">provider</span> that the data are true and correct, the Commission requires <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to have a corporate officer and either a corporate engineering"},{"title":"Implementation of the National Suicide Hotline Act of 2018","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules requiring covered text providers, including wireless providers, to develop the capability to transmit georouting data in a format that is compatible with the Lifeline's platform to allow the routing of covered 988 text messages by the Lifeline Administrator to the appropriate crisis center based on the texter's general location, rather than area code; and to provide such georouting data for covered 988 text messages, when available, to the Lifeline Administrator. To protect the privacy of 988 texters, this document defines \"georouting data\" as location data generated from a cell- based location technology that is aggregated to a level that will not identify the precise location of the handset, but only the general area from which the text originated, thereby making local resources available while protecting texters' identities.","document_number":"2025-17895","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/16/2025-17895/implementation-of-the-national-suicide-hotline-act-of-2018","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-16/pdf/2025-17895.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17895.pdf?1757940319","publication_date":"2025-09-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"Wired <span class=\"match\">Broadband</span> Internet Access Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> (Wired ISPs). \n <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> of wired <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> internet access service <span class=\"match\">include</span> various types of <span class=\"match\">providers</span> except dial-up internet access <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. Wireline service that terminates at an end user location or mobile device and enables the end user to receive information from and/or send information to the internet at information transfer rates exceeding 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in at least one direction is classified as a <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> connection under the Commission's rules. Wired <span class=\"match\">broadband</span> internet"}]}