{"description":"Documents matching 'wireline providers receiving funds through'","count":414,"total_pages":21,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=wireline+providers+receiving+funds+through&format=json&page=2","results":[{"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 broadband <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 <span class=\"match\">through</span> 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":"Combatting Illegal Robocalls Through FCC Numbering Policies; Implementation of TRACED Act-Knowledge of Customers by Entities With Access to Numbering Resources","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks comment on whether to adopt changes to its numbering policies with respect to how assigned numbering resources are utilized, reported, and resold by service providers as part of its continuing effort to combat illegal robocalls. The Commission explores and proposes a broad array of solutions to strengthen the Commission's numbering requirements and policies, particularly as they relate to resellers that use numbering resources to engage in some of the most extensive illegal robocalling schemes.","document_number":"2026-09134","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/08/2026-09134/combatting-illegal-robocalls-through-fcc-numbering-policies-implementation-of-traced-act-knowledge","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-08/pdf/2026-09134.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09134.pdf?1778157911","publication_date":"2026-05-08","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":"applicable to interconnected VoIP <span class=\"match\">providers</span> seeking direct access to numbering resources to \n all \n <span class=\"match\">providers</span> <span class=\"match\">receiving</span> numbering resources directly from the NANPA, including local exchange carriers and commercial mobile service <span class=\"match\">providers</span>, and also to all service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that resell service that includes the provisioning of one or more telephone numbers. This would include interconnected VoIP <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that do not receive numbering resources <span class=\"match\">through</span> direct access, but <span class=\"match\">through</span> resale. We propose that all service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> impacted by these changes would"},{"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":"S. Census of Governments data, we estimate that at least 48,724 entities fall into the category of “small governmental jurisdictions.” \n 1. Internet Access Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> \n \n 98. \n Wired Broadband Internet Access Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> (Wired ISPs). \n <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> of wired broadband internet access service include various types of <span class=\"match\">providers</span> except dial-up internet access <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. <span class=\"match\">Wireline</span> 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"},{"title":"Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC, Commission, or Agency) is modifying an existing system of records, FCC/WCB-1, Lifeline 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 Lifeline Program (or \"Lifeline\") provides discounts for one Lifeline Program voice service per household and/or broadband internet access service (BIAS) to qualifying low-income individuals. Individuals may qualify for Lifeline through proof of income or participation in another qualifying program. Since the enactment of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act), the Lifeline Program has been 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 individuals who have started an application online or applied to participate in the Lifeline Program, respondents to consumer surveys related to the Lifeline program, and enrollment representatives. The modification adds one new routine use.","document_number":"2026-03741","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/25/2026-03741/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-25/pdf/2026-03741.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03741.pdf?1771940712","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":"9. Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>—Records may be disclosed to service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and their registered representatives in states or territories where the National Verifier is operating where the service <span class=\"match\">provider</span> is using the carrier eligibility and status check Application Programming Interface (API) to initiate Lifeline applications and eligibility checks and complete benefit transfer requests. Records may also be disclosed to service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> who have been designated as ETCs to facilitate the provision of service, allow for the service <span class=\"match\">provider</span> to receive reimbursement"},{"title":"Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program; Partial Withdrawal","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) reconsiders the E-Rate Wi-Fi hotspot and services rules adopted in July 2024. Specifically, the Commission grants the petition for reconsideration filed by Maurine and Matthew Molak and finds that the best reading of section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, (the Communications Act) is that it does not permit funding of off-premises use of Wi-Fi hotspots and the associated wireless internet services with E-Rate program support. In so finding, the Commission rescinds the rules adopted in July 2024. The Commission also denies the two remaining petitions for reconsideration of the Commission's 2024 Hotspots Order. Consistent with the reconsideration, the Commission also withdraws two amendatory instructions published in the Federal Register, but delayed indefinitely.","document_number":"2026-01053","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/21/2026-01053/addressing-the-homework-gap-through-the-e-rate-program-partial-withdrawal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-21/pdf/2026-01053.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01053.pdf?1768916714","publication_date":"2026-01-21","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":"also is supported by the difference in section 254's treatment of health care <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. The heading of section 254(h)(1)(A) refers to “Health care <span class=\"match\">providers</span> for rural areas” and section 254(h)(1)(B) refers to “Educational <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and libraries.” But only in section 254(h)(1)(A) did Congress carry <span class=\"match\">through</span> that reference to “<span class=\"match\">providers</span>” in addressing services “to any public or nonprofit health care <span class=\"match\">provider</span>.” By contrast, Congress chose not to flow <span class=\"match\">through</span> the “<span class=\"match\">provider</span>” terminology used in the heading of section 254(h)(1)(B), instead addressing"},{"title":"Analog Telecommunications Relay Service Modernization","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) proposes to modernize its telecommunications relay services (TRS) rules and seeks comment on phasing out the mandatory status of traditional TTY-based relay services (TTY Relay) under state TRS programs; recognizing additional forms of internet-based TRS, such as internet Protocol Speech-to-Speech (IP STS) and real-time text (RTT)-based relay as compensable forms of TRS; establishing a temporary, national certification process for analog relay providers and user registration and verification requirements; and updating or eliminating obsolete rules to all forms of TRS. Through these proposals, the Commission aims to align TRS with today's communications landscape, better serve the needs of relay users, ensure the continued availability of TRS through the transition from legacy communications network, to modern, IP-based networks, and continue to protect the integrity of the TRS program through the prevention of waste, fraud, and abuse.","document_number":"2025-24210","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/02/2025-24210/analog-telecommunications-relay-service-modernization","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-02/pdf/2025-24210.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24210.pdf?1767188718","publication_date":"2026-01-02","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":"national certification process for analog relay <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and user registration and verification requirements; and updating or eliminating obsolete rules to all forms of TRS. <span class=\"match\">Through</span> these proposals, the Commission aims to align TRS with today's communications landscape, better serve the needs of relay users, ensure the continued availability of TRS <span class=\"match\">through</span> the transition from legacy communications network, to modern, IP-based networks, and continue to protect the integrity of the TRS program <span class=\"match\">through</span> the prevention of waste, fraud, and abuse. \n \n"},{"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":"that he or she wants to continue <span class=\"match\">receiving</span> Lifeline service? How can the Commission ensure that the records retained are authentic and generated <span class=\"match\">through</span> the subscriber's bona fide activity, and not <span class=\"match\">through</span> automatic data usage by an application?\n \n The Commission tentatively concludes that <span class=\"match\">providers</span> should not track usage <span class=\"match\">through</span> a Commission, USAC, or <span class=\"match\">provider</span>-sponsored phone application due to privacy and practical download concerns. Should the Commission put specifications or restrictions on how the <span class=\"match\">provider</span> collects usage data of Lifeline participants"},{"title":"Resilient Networks; Disruptions to Communications","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) commences a thorough review of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) and proposes changes to ensure the system is collecting information useful to disaster response without imposing unreasonable burdens on stakeholders. To reduce these burdens, this document proposes replacing the different DIRS worksheets with a single, dynamic form and introduces a \"one-click\" option for indicating there is \"no change\" from the preceding day's DIRS report. Further, this document proposes eliminating or modifying information fields that are duplicative or that may not request information that offers significant value for disaster response. The document further proposes reducing burdens by removing the requirement for mandatory DIRS filers to submit a final report within 24 hours of DIRS deactivation, and eliminating the reporting obligations for non- facilities-based providers. Other modernization proposals include suspending Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) reporting requirements for providers that timely report in DIRS Lite and removing barriers to outage information sharing for state agencies.","document_number":"2025-16737","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/02/2025-16737/resilient-networks-disruptions-to-communications","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-02/pdf/2025-16737.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16737.pdf?1756471520","publication_date":"2025-09-02","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, <span class=\"match\">wireline</span>, and VoIP \n \n <span class=\"match\">providers</span> per county. Among these, an average of 12 fixed voice <span class=\"match\">providers</span> are facilities-based, and 41 are non-facilities-based resellers. We further estimate that there are an average of six facilities-based mobile wireless voice <span class=\"match\">providers</span> and 82 MVNOs per county. We estimate the overall benefits from cost savings for <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that arise from modifying DIRS as proposed above to be approximately $143,000. By removing the need for <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to select from the current array of ten separate forms concerning different"},{"title":"Connect America Fund, Alaska Connect Fund, Connect America Fund-Alaska Plan, ETC Annual Reports and Certifications, Telecommunications Carriers Eligible To Receive Universal Service Support, Universal Service Reform-Mobility Fund","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that seeks comment on the implementation of the Alaska Connect Fund (ACF) for mobile service from the period January 1, 2030 through December 31, 2034 for areas where more than one mobile provider had been receiving support for overlapping service areas, or duplicate- support areas (ACF Mobile Phase II). This includes comment on the methodology to determine support amounts in duplicate-support areas and the competitive or alternative mechanism to distribute support, which would result in support to a single mobile provider in duplicate- support areas after ACF Mobile Phase I (mobile support provided from January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2029) ends. The Commission also seeks comment on how to distribute support in unserved areas, Tribal consent requirements for the ACF, and other additional issues that would impact the ACF.","document_number":"2024-28170","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-28170/connect-america-fund-alaska-connect-fund-connect-america-fund-alaska-plan-etc-annual-reports-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-04/pdf/2024-28170.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28170.pdf?1733233520","publication_date":"2024-12-04","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":"no overlap between <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> A and B, the calculation for <span class=\"match\">Provider</span> B would follow the same process as <span class=\"match\">Provider</span> A, distributing $150,000 across the 2,500 hex-9s, resulting in each hex-9 covered by <span class=\"match\">Provider</span> B <span class=\"match\">receiving</span> $60 of support. \n \n This process would be repeated with the <span class=\"match\">provider</span> covering the next largest area, or <span class=\"match\">Provider</span> C, such that its hex-9s that overlap with <span class=\"match\">Provider</span> A would be valued the same as for <span class=\"match\">Provider</span> A ($100 in the above example), the hex-9s that overlap with <span class=\"match\">Provider</span> B would be valued the same as for <span class=\"match\">Provider</span> B ($50 in the above"},{"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":"the public interest.”\n \n \n 7. \n Covered Text <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>. \n We apply our 988 text georouting requirements to “Covered Text <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>,” as defined in the \n Text-to-988 Second Report and Order. \n Covered text <span class=\"match\">providers</span> include “all [Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS)] <span class=\"match\">providers</span>, as well as all <span class=\"match\">providers</span> of interconnected text messaging services that enable consumers to send text messages to and receive text messages from all or substantially all text-capable U.S. telephone numbers, including <span class=\"match\">through</span> the use of applications downloaded or otherwise"},{"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":" The \n Second Report and Order \n established the maximum buffer requirements that service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> may use and must disclose when reporting fixed broadband service using a <span class=\"match\">wireline</span> technology as part of their BDC biannual submissions. Specifically, a service <span class=\"match\">provider</span> reporting fixed broadband availability data using a <span class=\"match\">wireline</span> technology must report the size of its maximum buffer—\n i.e., \n the distance from the network aggregation point—that the <span class=\"match\">provider</span> uses when determining whether it can offer service to a particular location based upon its"},{"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":"accepted only 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 for a BSL, and that, in fact, the Fabric may already contain"},{"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.","document_number":"2024-08375","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/19/2024-08375/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-19/pdf/2024-08375.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08375.pdf?1713444346","publication_date":"2024-04-19","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":"Tribal Nations for purposes of assisting individuals in applying for and recertifying for the ACP. \n 7. Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>—To broadband <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 <span class=\"match\">through</span> 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 enrollment"},{"title":"Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) seeks further comment on how to ensure the success of schools and libraries' hotspot lending programs, including through continued collaboration by multiple stakeholders.","document_number":"2024-18123","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/20/2024-18123/addressing-the-homework-gap-through-the-e-rate-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-20/pdf/2024-18123.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-18123.pdf?1724071515","publication_date":"2024-08-20","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 service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> <span class=\"match\">receiving</span> support for Wi-Fi hotspots be required to meet the same or similar standards? Are these service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> already in the practice of maintaining these or similar plans? Why or why not? Would a certification on the FCC Form 473 (Service <span class=\"match\">Provider</span> Annual Certification) be sufficient to allay concerns over cybersecurity vulnerabilities faced by schools and libraries? What are the risks of allowing third-party Wi-Fi hotspots access to a network? What burdens would resellers or smaller service <span class=\"match\">providers</span> face in complying"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopts rules addressing all intrastate, interstate, and international audio and video incarcerated people's communication services (IPCS), including video visitation services. The reforms include adopting permanent rate caps for audio IPCS and interim rate caps for video; prohibiting IPCS providers from making site commission payments associated with IPCS and preempting state and local laws and regulations requiring such commissions; prohibiting IPCS providers from imposing any separate ancillary service charges on IPCS consumers; strengthening the Commission's requirements for access to IPCS by incarcerated people with disabilities; permitting IPCS providers to offer optional alternate pricing plans that comply with the rate caps; strengthening existing consumer disclosure and inactive account requirements; revising the existing annual reporting and certification requirements; facilitating enforcement of the new IPCS rules; and delegating authority to the Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB), Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB), and Office of Economics and Analytics (OEA).","document_number":"2024-19037","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/20/2024-19037/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-20/pdf/2024-19037.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-19037.pdf?1726663521","publication_date":"2024-09-20","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":"typically allow only one <span class=\"match\">provider</span> to serve any given facility . . . there are no competitive constraints on a <span class=\"match\">provider's</span> rates once it has entered into a contract to serve a particular facility.” Indeed, the Commission has found that <span class=\"match\">providers</span>' cost data reflect this lack of competition in the industry. And the Commission has explained how factors such as site commissions ` “distort[ ] the [IPCS] marketplace' by creating incentives for the facilities to select <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that pay the highest site commissions, even if those <span class=\"match\">providers</span> do not offer the best"},{"title":"Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes rules creating a new process for the Commission's review and assessment of pole attachment disputes that impede or delay broadband deployment in order to expedite resolution of such disputes, and providing communications providers with information about the status of the utility poles they plan to use as they map out their broadband buildouts.","document_number":"2024-00416","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/12/2024-00416/accelerating-wireline-broadband-deployment-by-removing-barriers-to-infrastructure-investment","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-12/pdf/2024-00416.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-00416.pdf?1704980715","publication_date":"2024-01-12","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":"as <span class=\"match\">wireline</span> carriers or fixed local service <span class=\"match\">providers</span>. (Fixed Local Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> include the following types of <span class=\"match\">providers</span>: Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs), Competitive Access <span class=\"match\">Providers</span> (CAPs) and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs), Cable/Coax CLECs, Interconnected VOIP <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>, Non-Interconnected VOIP <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>, Shared-Tenant Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>, Audio Bridge Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>, and Other Local Service <span class=\"match\">Providers</span>. Local Resellers fall into another U.S. Census Bureau industry group and therefore data for these <span class=\"match\">providers</span> is not"},{"title":"Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks Comment on Leveraging the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric for High-Cost Support Mechanism Deployment Obligations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB or the Bureau) seeks comment on using the data included in the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric (Fabric) to update and verify compliance with certain High-Cost program support recipients' deployment obligations.","document_number":"2024-02971","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/14/2024-02971/wireline-competition-bureau-seeks-comment-on-leveraging-the-broadband-serviceable-location-fabric","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-14/pdf/2024-02971.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-02971.pdf?1707831915","publication_date":"2024-02-14","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":"areas. These proposals may require modifications to the current compliance obligations for small and other <span class=\"match\">providers</span> based upon the proposed methodologies for adjusting support for RDOF, A-CAM, Bringing Puerto Rico Together Fund, and Connect USVI Fund <span class=\"match\">providers</span> based on the number of locations in their service areas that may impact their ability to meet their service obligations. Additionally, the compliance obligations for small and other <span class=\"match\">providers</span> may be impacted by proposals on certain parameters for identifying the locations that high-cost recipients"},{"title":"Connect America Fund, Alaska Connect Fund, Connect America Fund-Alaska Plan et al.","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) further refines the Alaska high-cost mobile-support programs to ensure efficient use of scarce universal service funds that will bring 5G-NR to Americans living, working, and traveling in Alaska. This document grants in part a Petition for Reconsideration and Clarification by GCI Communications Corp. (GCI) of the Alaska Connect Fund (ACF), granting it in part by modifying and clarifying several of its rules. These actions help better realign the requirements and expectations of the ACF with its intended universal service goals. This document also makes a clarifying correction to one ACF rule to better reflect its purpose expressed in the Alaska Connect Fund Order.","document_number":"2025-22437","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22437/connect-america-fund-alaska-connect-fund-connect-america-fund-alaska-plan-et-al","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22437.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22437.pdf?1765287914","publication_date":"2025-12-10","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":"support for a set period for mobile <span class=\"match\">providers</span> that: (1) participated in the Alaska Plan and (2) choose to opt into the ACF, subject to conditions set forth in the \n Alaska Connect Fund Order. \n The terms and goals for mobile support under the ACF are based on whether an eligible area has only one subsidized <span class=\"match\">provider</span> (single-support areas) or multiple subsidized <span class=\"match\">providers</span> (duplicate-support areas). For eligible areas where there is a single subsidized <span class=\"match\">provider</span>, the current <span class=\"match\">provider</span> will continue <span class=\"match\">receiving</span> support <span class=\"match\">through</span> the end of 2034 and will be expected"},{"title":"Affordable Connectivity Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, due to a lack of additional funding from Congress, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) issued an Order laying out wind- down procedures for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), important dates, and the impacts on consumers and providers. These procedures include the process for notifying enrolled ACP households about the impact of program termination on their broadband service and bills and the freezing of new enrollments. The Bureau also offers guidance to providers regarding advertising, awareness, and outreach requirements, timing of claims submissions, and participation during a possible partially funded month of ACP.","document_number":"2024-02093","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/05/2024-02093/affordable-connectivity-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-05/pdf/2024-02093.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-02093.pdf?1706881513","publication_date":"2024-02-05","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":"notice to participating <span class=\"match\">providers</span> of whether <span class=\"match\">providers</span> will receive partial payment and the projected pro-rata share of such partial payments for that month as soon as practicable.\n \n 27. The Bureau understands that <span class=\"match\">providers</span> desire certainty as to whether there will be funding to allow for a partial month payment for benefits passed <span class=\"match\">through</span> to ACP households and as to the amount that the fund can reimburse <span class=\"match\">providers</span> for that benefit applied to ACP households' bills. Without this certainty, <span class=\"match\">providers</span> may end up passing <span class=\"match\">through</span> a benefit to households"},{"title":"Incarcerated People's Communication Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act; Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modifies the Commission's previous incarcerated people's communications services (IPCS) rate caps in response to record evidence of the significant unintended consequences of those rate caps. It establishes new interim audio and video IPCS rate caps by basing the calculation of the Commission's rate caps only on billed minutes, incorporating all safety and security measure expenses that IPCS providers reported incurring, and creating an additional rate cap tier for extremely small jails. It also creates a separate interim rate additive to ensure recovery of correctional facilities' costs of administering IPCS. Additionally, it sets a new compliance date for providers' compliance with the new rules and clarifies that the rate cap, site commission, and per-minute pricing rules from the Commission's 2021 Order will no longer apply following that date.","document_number":"2025-22125","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22125/incarcerated-peoples-communication-services-implementation-of-the-martha-wright-reed-act-rates-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22125.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22125.pdf?1764855936","publication_date":"2025-12-05","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":"safety and security services offered by <span class=\"match\">providers</span>, particularly those safety and security services which were used and useful in the provision of IPCS, and required <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to report on these data in detail for the first time. The Commission structured reporting of safety and security expenses by requiring <span class=\"match\">providers</span> to allocate these expenses across seven different cost categories. Industry-wide, <span class=\"match\">providers</span> reported the following expenses by category: \n \n ER05DE25.302 \n \n \n As the chart demonstrates, <span class=\"match\">providers</span> reported a total of $569.9 million in"}]}