USDA Rural Broadband Grants Announced
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced four new investments through its ReConnect Pilot Program to expand broadband infrastructure and services in rural America.
Read MoreUSDA Rural Broadband Grants Announced
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced four new investments through its ReConnect Pilot Program to expand broadband infrastructure and services in rural America.
Read MoreTopics: Hearing Aid Compatibility Rules, Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, Rural Broaband Grants
FCC Advisory on Lifeline Usage Rule
The FCC’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an Advisory alerting Lifeline carriers, beneficiaries, and the public about carrier failures to comply with the Lifeline program usage rule. The rule applies when an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) offers Lifeline service that does not require it to assess and collect a monthly fee from its subscribers.
Read MoreTopics: broadband, ETCs, robocalling, Eligible Telecommunications Carriers, Lifeline Usage Rule, Office of Inspector General, Energy and Commerce Committee, 9-1-1 System, OIG, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Ways and Means Committee
Maine Governor Proposes $15 Million to Expand Broadband
In her State of the State address, Governor Janet Mills announced steps to implement the State’s new 10-year economic development plan to diversify and strengthen the Maine economy and prepare for any economic downturn which included a proposal of $15 million to expand broadband.
Read MoreTopics: Maine Broadband, GAO Report in FirstNet, 3.5GHz Band
Congress Requests GAO Report on Spectrum Management
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) urging it to conduct an updated review of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) federal spectrum management processes. Pallone and Walden asked GAO to consider as part of its review how federal spectrum users interact with NTIA and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), how the NTIA and FCC interact with each other, and the recent federal spectrum management process breakdowns.
Read MoreTopics: NTIA, GAO, FTC Workshop, Spectrum Management, Voice Cloning, Compliance Guide for Truth in Caller ID Rules
FCC January Open Meeting
The FCC announced the final agenda for its January 30, 2020, Open Meeting. The agenda is as follows.
Read MoreTopics: FCC January Open Meeting Agenda, Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, 5G Report, Hearing Aid-Compatible Handset Rules, Minnesota Broadband Funding
On January 15, 2020, Inteserra issued a Briefing to our service subscribers that explained details of the TRACED Act that has become law. The new federal law addressing robocalling known as the TRACED Act was enacted on December 30, 2019. The Act requires the implementation of STIR/SHAKEN by no later than June 30, 2021, (unless providers have already implemented it) but also requires the FCC to extend the implementation deadline under certain circumstances, including for providers using TDM Networks.
Topics: VoIP, TRACED Act, STIR/SHAKEN, Robocall Blocking, FCC Registered Consortium
USDA Broadband Grants in Arkansas and West Virginia
In West Virginia the USDA’s West Virginia State Director Kris Warner announced USDA has invested $18.7 million in a high-speed broadband infrastructure project that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for more than 6,300 rural households and an estimated 383 farms in Harrison, Doddridge, Lewis, Barbour and Upshur counties in West Virginia.
Read MoreTopics: robocalling, FCC Consumer Advisory Committee, USDA Broadband Grant, Cellular Vehicle to Everything, CV2X
USDA Broadband Grants
Topics: Wireless 911 Calls, USDA's Reconnect Pilot Program, Broadband Grants, Z-Axis, transmitting vertical location information, the Paperwork Reduction Act
FCC Updated Best Practices
Topics: 988 Suicide Prevention Hotline, CSRIC Best Practices
ATIS PSAP Outage Contact Information
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) announced publication of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Updating Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Outage Contact Information (ATIS-0100068), which provides information on how Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) contact information is to be collected and documented.
Read MoreTopics: PSAP, ATIS, Illinois Broadband Advisory Council, 5G, 9-1-1 outages, Utilizing Strategic Allied Telecommunications Act, Industries of the Future Act
USDA Rural Broadband Grants Announced
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced four new investments through its ReConnect Pilot Program to expand broadband infrastructure and services in rural America.
Read MoreTopics: Hearing Aid Compatibility Rules, Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, Rural Broaband Grants
FCC Advisory on Lifeline Usage Rule
The FCC’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an Advisory alerting Lifeline carriers, beneficiaries, and the public about carrier failures to comply with the Lifeline program usage rule. The rule applies when an eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) offers Lifeline service that does not require it to assess and collect a monthly fee from its subscribers.
Read MoreTopics: broadband, ETCs, robocalling, Eligible Telecommunications Carriers, Lifeline Usage Rule, Office of Inspector General, Energy and Commerce Committee, 9-1-1 System, OIG, Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Ways and Means Committee
Maine Governor Proposes $15 Million to Expand Broadband
In her State of the State address, Governor Janet Mills announced steps to implement the State’s new 10-year economic development plan to diversify and strengthen the Maine economy and prepare for any economic downturn which included a proposal of $15 million to expand broadband.
Read MoreTopics: Maine Broadband, GAO Report in FirstNet, 3.5GHz Band
Congress Requests GAO Report on Spectrum Management
Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR) sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) urging it to conduct an updated review of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) federal spectrum management processes. Pallone and Walden asked GAO to consider as part of its review how federal spectrum users interact with NTIA and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), how the NTIA and FCC interact with each other, and the recent federal spectrum management process breakdowns.
Read MoreTopics: NTIA, GAO, FTC Workshop, Spectrum Management, Voice Cloning, Compliance Guide for Truth in Caller ID Rules
FCC January Open Meeting
The FCC announced the final agenda for its January 30, 2020, Open Meeting. The agenda is as follows.
Read MoreTopics: FCC January Open Meeting Agenda, Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, 5G Report, Hearing Aid-Compatible Handset Rules, Minnesota Broadband Funding
On January 15, 2020, Inteserra issued a Briefing to our service subscribers that explained details of the TRACED Act that has become law. The new federal law addressing robocalling known as the TRACED Act was enacted on December 30, 2019. The Act requires the implementation of STIR/SHAKEN by no later than June 30, 2021, (unless providers have already implemented it) but also requires the FCC to extend the implementation deadline under certain circumstances, including for providers using TDM Networks.
Topics: VoIP, TRACED Act, STIR/SHAKEN, Robocall Blocking, FCC Registered Consortium
USDA Broadband Grants in Arkansas and West Virginia
In West Virginia the USDA’s West Virginia State Director Kris Warner announced USDA has invested $18.7 million in a high-speed broadband infrastructure project that will create or improve rural e-Connectivity for more than 6,300 rural households and an estimated 383 farms in Harrison, Doddridge, Lewis, Barbour and Upshur counties in West Virginia.
Read MoreTopics: robocalling, FCC Consumer Advisory Committee, USDA Broadband Grant, Cellular Vehicle to Everything, CV2X
USDA Broadband Grants
Topics: Wireless 911 Calls, USDA's Reconnect Pilot Program, Broadband Grants, Z-Axis, transmitting vertical location information, the Paperwork Reduction Act
FCC Updated Best Practices
Topics: 988 Suicide Prevention Hotline, CSRIC Best Practices
ATIS PSAP Outage Contact Information
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) announced publication of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Updating Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Outage Contact Information (ATIS-0100068), which provides information on how Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) contact information is to be collected and documented.
Read MoreTopics: PSAP, ATIS, Illinois Broadband Advisory Council, 5G, 9-1-1 outages, Utilizing Strategic Allied Telecommunications Act, Industries of the Future Act
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