Federal Communications Commission "FCC/DA XX-XXX" DA 22-1345 Released: December 19, 2022 BROADBAND PROVIDERS NO LONGER NEED TO FILE BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT DATA THROUGH FCC FORM 477; FCC FORM 477 SUBSCRIPTION DATA MUST BE FILED IN THE BDC SYSTEM WC Docket Nos. 19-195 and 11-10 On December 9th, 2022, the Commission adopted an Order ending the collection of broadband deployment data through FCC Form 477. Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program, WC Docket Nos. 19-195, 11-10, Order, FCC 22-93 (rel. Dec. 9, 2022) (Order). The Order stated that it will be effective upon its publication in the Federal Register. A summary of the Order was published in the Federal Register on December 16, 2022 and it is now effective. Federal Communications Commission, Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection, Modernizing the Form 477 Data Collection, 87 Fed. Reg. 76949 (Dec. 16, 2022). Subject entities must continue to submit Form 477 broadband and voice telephone subscription data. See Order at para. 13 (citing Form 477 Instructions at 18-24, 25-26, 27-28; 47 CFR § 1.7001(b)). Those data must be submitted through the BDC system going forward, and the FCC Form 477 system will not accept data as of December 31, 2022 and beyond. As stated in the Order, the FCC Form 477 filing system will remain open for filers to make corrections to existing FCC Form 477 filings for data as of June 30, 2022, and earlier, and the FCC Form 477 instructions will be updated accordingly. Order at para. 13. For further information regarding this Public Notice, please contact Garnet Hanly, Garnet.Hanly@fcc.gov, or Ken Lynch, Kenneth.Lynch@fcc.gov. For media inquiries please contact Anne Veigle, Anne.Veigle@fcc.gov. -FCC- 2