On June 9, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) headquarters at 45 L Street NE will open to visitors with scheduled appointments, lifting restrictions that have been in place since March 12, 2020. All scheduled visitors will have an FCC contact who will be responsible for escorting the visitor throughout their time at the FCC […]

On May 13, 2022, the National Telecommunications Information Administration (“NTIA”) published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (“BEAD”) program, which was created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. The Program’s principle focus will be on deploying broadband service to unserved locations (those without any broadband […]

On May 20, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission” or “FCC”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on a proposal by the ACAM Broadband Coalition to create an Enhanced A-CAM program, which would achieve widespread deployment of 100/20 Mbps broadband service throughout rural areas served by carriers currently receiving Alternative Connect America Model […]

The Broadband Data Task Force of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) has announced that fixed broadband service providers (including both terrestrial and wireless) that filed fixed broadband deployment data in past Form 477 filings may request access to the preliminary version of the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric (“Fabric”). The Fabric is a comprehensive […]

Common carrier licensees or permittees with sixteen (16) or more full-time employees must file an annual employment report (FCC Form 395, April 2021 Version) with the Federal Communications Commission by Tuesday, May 31, 2022. If the filing concerns a licensee that had fewer than sixteen (16) full-time employees during the selected payroll period, no Form […]

Last Chance to Register! Tomorrow, March 30th at 11:00 AM ET, Herman & Whiteaker will host a free webinar on Auction 108. Nokia’s David Fritz, Alpina Capital’s Scott Soden and H&W’s Dee Herman and Clare Liedquist will discuss the overlay licenses available, valuation estimates, and an overview of the “clock-1” auction format. As a reminder, […]

On Wednesday, March 30th at 11:00 AM ET, Herman & Whiteaker will host a free webinar on Auction 108. Nokia’s David Fritz, Alpina Capital’s Scott Soden and H&W’s Dee Herman and Clare Liedquist will discuss the overlay licenses available, valuation estimates, and an overview of the “clock-1” auction format. As a reminder, Auction 108 is […]

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) has released a Public Notice establishing the dates, application and bidding procedures for Auction 108. Auction 108 is scheduled to begin on July 29, 2022 and will include approximately 8,000 new flexible-use, county-based overlay licenses in the following three channel blocks of unassigned 2.5 GHz spectrum: 49.5 megahertz […]

NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association recognized Donald (Dee) Herman, Principal at Herman & Whiteaker, as the winner of the NTCA Associate Member Outstanding Achievement Award. Dee is the recipient of one of only nine awards presented to individuals across the full membership during the recent 2022 Rural Telecom Industry Meeting and Expo. The NTCA Excellence Awards […]

All service providers and equipment manufacturers that are subject to Sections 255, 716 and 718 of the Communications Act must maintain records of their efforts to make their telecommunications services and equipment, advanced communications services and equipment, and Internet browsers built into mobile phones accessible to people with disabilities, as required by the Communications Act […]