FCC Seeks Comment on Adjustment Factor Values for the 5G Fund

On April 23, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission proposed to adopt rules and a framework for establishing the 5G Fund for Rural America. To account for the relative costs of serving areas that vary in terrain characteristics and potential business cases, the FCC proposed to apply an adjustment factor to make the most difficult areas to serve more attractive at auction in order to encourage more bidding for these areas. The adjustment factor also would be used to transition legacy high-cost support to 5G Fund support. The FCC's Office of Economics and Analytics and the Wireline Competition Bureau now seek comment on proposed adjustment factor values and on three economic analyses that have informed the FCC's proposed adjustment factor values.