E-rate News

FCC Receives Comments on Draft Eligible Services List

The Federal Communications Commission published the Draft Eligible Services List for FY2012 on June 24, 2011. Initial comments were due on July 15, and a number of E-rate stakeholders submitted...

USAC Identifies Resources to Fund FY2010 Priority Two Applications at 80%

In response to an inquiry from the FCC, USAC notified the FCC officially yesterday that it has succeeded in finding additional funds that "would be sufficient" to make commitments to...

FCC Releases “Learning On-The-Go” Order

On July 11, 2011, the FCC released an Order regarding the "Learning On-The-Go" pilot, also known as the E-rate Deployed Ubiquitously (EDU) program. The Order contains new information regarding how...

FY10 Funding Wave 055 Commits $5 Million

Funding Year 2010 Wave 055 was released on June 29, 2011, committing over $5 million on 61 approved requests. In total, over $2.5 billion has been committed for FY2010.

Online Form 470 Filing Available for FY2012

USAC has announced that as of June 30, 2011, they have enabled online filing for Funding Year 2012 for the Form 470.

SLD Releases Second Wave of FY11, Commits $58M

Funding Year 2011, Wave 002 was released on June 28, 2011, committing over $58 million on 3,785 approved Priority 1 requests. The SLD has approved over $450 million for Funding...

USAC Releases First FY 2011 Funding Wave

On June 23, the SLD released the first funding wave of Funding Year 2011 totaling nearly $400 million. The committed funds are for Priority One services only and the SLD...

FCC Seeks Comment on FY2012 Eligible Services List

On June 24, 2012, the Federal Communications Commission released the draft Eligible Services List for FY2012. Comments to the FCC's proposed changes will be due on July 15, 2011, and...