E-rate News

December 3, 2010

FCC Announces Effective Date for Orders

New E-rate rules released in the FCC Sixth Report and Order were published in the Federal Register on December 3rd and will become effective on January 3, 2011.

December 1, 2010

FY2010 – Funding Wave 028

The twenty-eighth wave for Funding Year 2010 was released on December 2, 2010. This wave included Priority One and Priority Two requests totaling over $109 million in funding commitments.

November 29, 2010

FCC Rules in Favor of Applicants

On November 23, the FCC released three appeal decisions in which they showed flexibility in waiving their own rules and decided in favor of the applicant. The decisions continue to...

November 24, 2010

FCC Seeks Comment on Definition of Consultants

One change to the new Forms 470 and 471 is the requirement for applicants to identify consultants that assisted them. At Funds For Learning's request, the FCC has released a...

November 22, 2010

FY2010 – Funding Wave 027

Wave 027 for Funding Year 2010 was released on November 23, 2010. This wave included Priority One and Priority Two requests totaling over $72M in funding commitments.

November 22, 2010

OMB Approves New Forms 470 and 471

The FCC announced today that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the new Form 470 and Form 471. The FCC stated that the "...revisions streamline the forms by...

November 15, 2010

FY2010 – Funding Wave 026

USAC issued the twenty-sixth wave for FY 2010 on November, 16 2010. Funding wave 026 included commitments for both Priority One and Priority Two requests with a total funded commitment...

November 11, 2010

FCC Releases Public Notice on EDU Pilot Program

The FCC has published the Public Notice which provides additional detail on the E-rate Deployed Ubiquitously (EDU) 2011 Pilot Program application process. EDU will support off-campus wireless connectivity for mobile...