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09/24/2021
FCC Grants $1.2 Billion to ECF Applicants
The FCC approved the first $1.2 billion in Emergency Connectivity Fund commitments Friday.
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05/10/2021
FCC Moves Forward on ECF implementation
The FCC unanimously adopted final rules Monday to implement the $7.17 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund program.
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03/16/2021
At the Commission
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on how to ensure that the FCC and Universal Service Administrative Company effectively oversee the $7.1 billion Emergency Connectivity Fund. Established by Congress as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, the fund will provide elementary and secondary schools as well as libraries with WiFi hotspots, modems, […]
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03/08/2021
Broadband Benefits From Stimulus Package
The Senate voted 50-49 along party lines over the weekend to pass a revised version of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package over the weekend. Like others before it, the legislation directs big money towards broadband initiatives.
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03/04/2021
Emergency Broadband Deadlines
Non-ETC providers that want to participate in the FCC’s $3.2 billion Emergency Broadband Benefit program will be able to begin applying March 8.
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02/17/2021
New FCC Maps A Long Ways Away
FCC acting chair Jessica Rosenworcel’s review of the agency’s progress dominated its February meeting, which kicked off with three presentations laying out the current status of the Emergency Broadband Program, COVID-19 Telehealth Program and efforts to improve broadband mapping data.