Public Notice

America has long led the world in innovation, technological advancement, and design.  But with a sprawling ecosystem of digital services offered to Americans, the Government has lagged behind in usability and aesthetics.  There is a high financial cost to maintaining legacy systems, to say nothing of the cost in time lost by the American public trying to navigate them.

The Federal Communications Commission eliminated more unnecessary rules and regulations as part of its “Delete, Delete, Delete” initiative.  Specifically, the Media Bureau action will remove from the agency’s Part 76 regulations approximately 5,855 words and 43 rules or requirements that applied to cable and satellite service providers:

The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) seeks nominations for the following Board member positions on the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) listed below for a three-year term:

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission acts to eliminate certain outdated, obsolete, and unnecessary rules. Effective October 20, 2025, unless significant adverse comments are received by September 9, 2025. In the event the FCC receives significant adverse comments, the Commission will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public the provisions of the rule(s) for which significant adverse comments were received and elimination will not take effect. You may submit comments, identified by GN Docket No. 25–133, electronically or on paper.

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau denied Mercury Wireless Indiana, Mercury Wireless Kansas, and Mercury Broadband’s (collectively Mercury) request for waiver of the Commission’s rules, which governs the recovery of Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) support when recipients do not fulfill the program’s buildout requirements. The Bureau finds that Mercury did not demonstrate that good cause supports reducing the required support recovery for Mercury’s RDOF defaults in Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio. Mercury originated in Kansas and

The Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules to unleash the buildout of secure submarine cable infrastructure. Submarine cable systems carry roughly 99 percent of global internet traffic and are key to further extending America’s leadership in AI and next-generation technologies. The new rules streamline the submarine cable licensing process, give certainty to investors, and accelerate the timelines for building cables. The new rules also emphasize protecting submarine cable infrastructure from foreign adversary threats.

The Federal Communications Commission announced the filing deadlines for oppositions and replies to an Application for Review filed by the Public Interest Parties concerning Incarcerated Peoples' Communication Services (IPCS). The Public Interest Parties seek review of the FCC’s industry waiver order, which temporarily suspends the compliance deadlines for rules adopted in the 2024 IPCS Order until April 1, 2027, or any alternative date the Commission sets as part of further action in the IPCS proceeding.

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced the counties in which conditional forbearance from the obligation to offer Lifeline-supported voice service applies.  This forbearance applies only to the Lifeline voice obligation of eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) that are designated for purposes of receiving both high-cost and Lifeline support (high-cost/Lifeline ETCs), and not to Lifeline-only ETCs. The 2016 Lifeline Order established conditional forbearance from Lifeline voice obligations in targeted areas where certain competitive condit

The Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) submitted the federal Universal Service Support Mechanisms fund size and administrative cost projections for the fourth quarter of calendar year 2025 (4Q2025). USAC projects a consolidated budget of $75.59 million for 4Q2025. Direct costs for all support mechanisms total $32.76 million.

The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB or Bureau) announced that certain Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) census block groups (CBGs) are now eligible for other funding programs.