FCC Releases 19th Universal Service Monitoring Report

The Federal Communications Commission released its Nineteenth Universal Service Monitoring Report on January 13, 2017, for data received through September 2016. The report includes: an update on industry revenues; universal service program funding requirements and contribution factors; the latest data on the low-income, high-cost, schools and libraries and rural health care support mechanisms; recent Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics data on voice telephony subscribership and expenses from the Current Population Survey; the American Community Survey and the Consumer Expenditure Survey; data on telephone penetration by income by state; and updated Consumer Price Index data. The report also includes an appendix with additional information regarding the high-cost program.