CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

White House Announces ConnectALL Initiative to Spur Broadband Deployment and Adoption

The Administration continues to drive efforts to spur broadband deployment across the country and to ensure that all Americans have access to affordable broadband service. Yesterday afternoon, President Obama announced…

NTIA's BroadbandUSA Announces a Community Connectivity Initiative Workshop, one of the Recommendations from the Broadband Opportunity Council

This mon th marks the one year anniversary of the Presidential Memorandum that created the Broadband Opportunity Council (Council), a federal inter-agency council, tasked with using all available and appropriate…

Interesting FCC Enforcement Actions — February 2016 Edition

It’s no secret that one of the majo r stories in the last two years has been the increased activism of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) Enforcement Bureau (“Bureau”). February 2016 was no exception in…

FCC Releases Updated 2016 Universal Service Revenue Reporting Worksheet

It’s a new year and the FCC has just released its annual update to the FCC Form 499A . Telecommunications providers must use the 2016 Form 499A to report calendar year 2015 revenues for purposes of calculating…

Don’t Miss Kelley Drye’s 7th Annual USF Update Webinar on February 24, 2016 at 12 PM ET

Kelley Drye is proud to present our 7th Annual Update on federal Universal Service Fund (USF) activities. This one-of-a-kind webinar provides an in-depth discussion of trends and issues involving the Universal Service…