E-rate Deployed Ubiquitously 2011 Pilot Program

The Federal Communications Commission adopted an order granting a request for waiver filed by the e-Bookroom Initiative (“e-BI”) concerning the Learning On-The-Go (also known as the E-rate Deployed Ubiquitously (EDU) 2011) Pilot Program.

The FCC grants e-BI’s request to provide an extension of the time for pilot participants to meet certain E-rate procedural deadlines to facilitate the ongoing administration and utilization of the funds committed to the pilot participants for funding year 2011. The FCC waives its rules and directs the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) to extend any of its relevant procedural deadlines for those pilot participants that had not begun their pilot projects before October 1, 2011. But the FCC denies e-BI’s request to provide additional support to the pilot participants beyond the funds that have already been committed to each of the pilot projects.