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Wireline Competition Bureau Announces E-Rate And RHC Programs’ Inflation-Based Caps For Funding Year 2023

March 10, 2023

On 3/3/2023 the FCC released attached Public Notice. Per significant citing “…the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announces the E-Rate and Rural Health Care (RHC) programs’ annual caps for funding year 2023.2 The adjusted amounts represent a 7.0% inflation-adjusted increase to both programs’ funding year 2022’s annual caps.” News Release – https://www.fcc.gov/document/e-rate-and-rhc-programs-inflation-based-caps-funding-year-2023

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FCC announces over $30 million IN EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUNDING

February 3, 2023

“FCC announces over $30 million IN EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUNDING.  The Commission announced funding commitments to support benefiting approximately 75,000 students across the country, including students in Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, New Jersey, and Nevada.” News Release – https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-announces-over-30-million-emergency-connectivity-funding

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Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks Comment On Proposed Eligible Services List For The E-Rate Program

August 23, 2022

Highlight: On May 11, 2022, Chairwoman Rosenworcel circulated that a Declaratory Ruling, if adopted, would allow for providing Wi-Fi on school buses, finding that it serves an educational purpose and that the provision of such service is eligible for E-Rate support. See Press Release, FCC, Chairwoman Rosenworcel Circulates Ruling Making Wi-Fi on School Buses Eligible for E-Rate Support (May 11, 2022). If adopted, the

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