US Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is trying to block a plan to distribute Wi-Fi hotspots to schoolchildren, claiming it will lead ...

This week the American Library Association (ALA) filed an amicus brief affirming the FCC's essential Universal Service Fund ...

In the comments, users said they’ve noticed extra fees tacked onto their T-Mobile bills. One user wrote, “I was paying over ...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) was created by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1997 to meet Congressional universal service goals as mandated by the ...

The constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund (USF) funding mechanism is currently being litigated, and its future has long been the subject of debate in Congress. The U.S. Court of Appeals ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday said it will consider the constitutionality of the Federal Communications Commission's Universal Service Fund, agreeing to review a lower court decision ...

T he U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday it will review the legality of the Universal Service Fund (USF), a Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-managed program aimed at improving phone and ...

E-rate, or the Schools and Libraries Program, is one of four Universal Service Fund programs, as authorized by Congress in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. This federal initiative provides ...

FCC, the en banc Fifth Circuit ruled by a vote of 9 to 7 that the multi-billion dollar Universal Service Fund tax levied by the Federal Communications Commission rests on an unconstitutional ...