FCC Grants Waiver for Maine Telecom to Shift to Incentive Regulation
May 23, 2025
May 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau has granted a waiver to Direct Communications Rockland, Inc. (DCR), allowing its wholly owned subsidiary, Union River Telephone Company d/b/a Rivah.Net (Union River), to transition its business data services (BDS) to an incentive regulation framework. This move, effective July 1, 2025, will enable Union River to withdraw its BDS offerings from the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA . . .