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Coming Soon: New USAC Improper Payment Program
This summer, USAC is launching the Payment Quality Assurance (PQA) Program, a key part of USAC’s commitment to preserving USF program integrity. The PQA Program will enable USAC to make accurate, timely calculations for rates of improper payments in all four USF programs, as required by the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (IPIA). USAC
Wireline Competition Bureau Announces August 31, 2010 as Effective Date for Electronic Disbursement of Universal Service Support Payments
In a Public Notice released yesterday by the FCC, the agency announced that beginning August 31, 2010, all payments to universal service recipients…
Plateau Wireless Deploys the Velleros Aggregation and Syndication Technology (VAST) Platform
New Mexico-based carrier launches a content notification platform to meet Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) requirements, as well as offer new revenue-generating applications
April 26, 2010 – Plateau Wireless, a subsidiary of Eastern New Mexico Rural (ENMR) Telephone Cooperative, announced today that it has purchased and is in the process of deploying the VAST platform from
Tecore Upgrades Oklahoma Western’s Rural Cellular Network To Offer Multimedia Services and Prepare for 3G Broadband
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Pioneer Cellular Signs Agreement to Deploy Velleros CMAS Platform
Oklahomabased carrier launches emergency notification solution with migration to support Commercial Mobile Alerting Service (CMAS) requirements over next year
Morrisville NC ‐ April 20, 2010 – Cellular Network Partnership, a subsidiary of Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, has today announced an agreement with Velleros, Inc. to deploy CMAS in their network. Pioneer will purchase the Velleros Aggregation and
FCC Announces Broadband Action Agenda
April 8, 2010, Washington, D.C. — Today, the Federal Communications Commission announced an ambitious 2010 agenda for implementing key recommendations of the National Broadband Plan that involve rulemakings and other notice-and-comment proceedings. The Plan, which the FCC delivered to Congress on March 16, 2010, lays out a comprehensive strategy for
FCC to Hold Workshop on Critical Infrastructure and Information Collection
For Immediate Release: April 2, 2010
NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Robert Kenny, (202) 418-2668 Email: Robert.Kenny@fcc.gov
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO HOLD WORKSHOP ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND INFORMATION COLLECTION
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) today announced it will hold a workshop on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 from 9:00 a.m.-12:45
FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for April 21st Open Meeting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 31, 2010
NEWS MEDIA CONTACT: Jen Howard, (202) 418-0506 Email: Jen.Howard@fcc.gov
FCC ANNOUNCES TENTATIVE AGENDA FOR APRIL 21st OPEN MEETING
Washington, D.C. — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that the following items will be on the tentative agenda for the next open meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 21, 2010:
· USF Reform NPRM
FCC to Hold Technical Panel on the 700 MHZ Nationwide Interoperable Public Safety Wireless Broadband Network
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) today announced it will hold a technical panel on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 from 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. to discuss the 700 MHz nationwide interoperable public safety wireless broadband network. The event will be held in the