FCC Adopts Rules to Require DIRS Reporting for Certain Providers
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order, which requires certain providers to report on their operational status during disasters in order...
FCC Issues NALs for Failure to File BDC Data
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau has issued Notices of Apparently Liability to nine companies for failing to file mandatory broadband availability and subscription...
FCC Adopts Auction Procedures for the 28 GHz and 24 GHz Bands
The FCC has adopted a Public Notice establishing application and bidding procedures for the upcoming Spectrum Frontiers auctions of Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service...
NECA Modifies Average Schedule Formula, Comments Due June 20
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has invited comments on the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.’s (NECA) proposed modifications to the mathematical formula used to...
FCC Takes Additional Action to Facilitate Wireless Infrastructure Deployment for 5G
In a contentious proceeding, the FCC has adopted an action intended to remove regulatory impediments to small cell deployment at the state and local level....
FCC Adopts New Rules for White Space Devices; Resolves Petitions for Reconsideration
In order to ensure that the ever-increasing number of fixed white space devices do not interfere with licensed services and in an...
National Lifeline Verifier to Fully Launch in Five States and Guam in January 2019
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau has announced that the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (National Verifier) will fully launch in five states, including Hawaii, Idaho,...
NTIA Administrator Roth Details Agency’s Spectrum Plans
At the NTIA’s annual spectrum policy symposium, NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth outlined a plan to exceed the legislative mandate of identifying 500...
Wireless Bureau Sets Deadline for Oppositions to Applications for Review in Data Roaming Proceeding
AT&T and Verizon Wireless have each filed “applications for review” with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) in an attempt to reverse an earlier...
FCC Publishes Requirements for Filing Bulk Challenges of the Broadband Serviceable Location Fabric
The FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force, Wireline Competition Bureau, and Office of Economics and Analytics have published the requirements for filing bulk...
