E-rate News

Stakeholders File Reply Comments on Future of the USF

Several stakeholders filed reply comments on the future of the Universal Service Fund (USF) which were due March 17, 2022, following a 45-day extension period. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...

Comment Deadline for Proposed E-rate Bidding Portal Extended

On March 16, 2022, the FCC released an Order granting a Motion for Extension of Time. The Motion, filed by E-rate Stakeholder organizations, requested 30 additional days to file comments...

FY2022 Application Filing Window Closes Soon

Applicants and service providers are reminded that the Funding Year 2022 Form 471 filing window will close at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Last-minute filers are encouraged...

E-rate Program FY2022 Funding Cap $4.5 Billion

On March 14, 2022, the FCC announced that the E-rate program funding cap for FY2022 will be $4.456 billion. This is a 4.2% inflation-adjusted increase from FY2021 cap of $4.276...

ECF Service Deadline Officially Extended to 2023

On March 14, 2022, the Federal Register published an Order granting, in part, the petition for waiver filed by a group of ECF stakeholders by waiving and extending the service...

Nearly $64 Million in ECF Support Committed

On March 7, 2022, the FCC announced another round of ECF funding commitments. In its eleventh Wave of ECF program support, the Commission committed $63,613,404.33. To date, the program has...

FY2022 E-rate Application Deadline For New Tribal Libraries Extended

On March 4, 2022, the FCC issued an Order granting a request for waiver of the application filing window deadline for all new Tribal entities that file Form 471 applications...

Motion for Extension of Time on Proposed E-rate Bidding Rules

On March 4, 2022, twenty-seven E-rate stakeholder organizations led by State E-rate Coordinators’ Alliance (SECA) filed a motion for extension of time with the FCC on proposed E-rate competitive bidding...