On November 8, 2010, the Commission announced that all applications for the E-Rate Deployed Ubiquitously (“EDU”) program must be submitted on or before December 17, 2010.

The EDU program, announced in the Commission’s Sixth Report and Order, is a pilot program intended “to investigate the merits and challenges of wireless off-premises connectivity services for mobile learning devices, and to help the Commission determine whether and how those services should ultimately be eligible for E-rate support.” The Commission authorized $10 million to fund the pilot program in 2011. This money will be used to fund a small number of off-premise wireless connectivity projects that have already been planned or are currently active. Support under the EDU 2011 pilot program will be provided only for connectivity services, and not for devices.