FCC seeks to fine some big names over RDOF default

The FCC has proposed to fine 22 telecoms companies for failing to follow through with its rural funding programme in the US and there are some big names on the list.
The US regulator is seeking to levy the best part of $9 million in fines against the companies. That’s not a huge sum, particularly considering that some of those in the firing line generate billions of dollars in annual revenues. But the move is significant because it suggests that the FCC’s efforts to boost rural broad