E-rate News

USAC Quarterly Report: $1.1 Billion Available For Rollover

The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) released their Quarterly Report on August 2, 2011, announcing that approximately $1.1 billion is currently available for potential rollover into Funding Year 2011. The...

USAC Schools and Libraries Committee Meeting Highlights

The USAC Schools and Libraries Committee held their quarterly meeting on July 25th, 2011. The Committee approved USAC's operating budget for the quarter, and SLD Vice President Mel Blackwell reviewed...

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...

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.

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.

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...