FCC Seeks Comment on Rule Changes to CBRS Framework
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on various rule changes to the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (3.5...
FCC Releases Density Data For Rate-of-Return Study Areas
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released density data for rate-of-return study areas that will be used to implement various reforms adopted in the...
FCC Provides Guidance on Implementation of New Broadband Privacy Rules
The FCC has outlined the effective dates and provided guidance on the implementation of the new broadband privacy rules adopted in the 2016 broadband...
Bureau Announces More Rural Broadband Experiment Winners
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that the following 12 entities have been provisionally selected to receive roughly $12 million in rural...
House Subcommittee Unveils Three Broadband Infrastructure Bills
Chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) of the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee has unveiled three bills aimed at promoting broadband deployment to advance broadband infrastructure...
Bureau Affirms T-Mobile Leases and Dismisses Requests for Revision of Spectrum Screen
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has denied Verizon’s petition for reconsideration of acceptance of T-Mobile's Spectrum Manager Lease Arrangements with Channel 51...
Marriott, Hospitality Industry Want FCC to Clarify or Ease Up on Jamming Regs for...
The FCC has just released for comment a petition filed in August 2014 by Marriott, Ryman Hospitality Properties and the American Hospitality & Lodging...
NTIA To Study the 3450-3550 MHz Band for Commercial Wireless Services
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) has decided to conduct a feasibility study on repurposing the 3450-3550 MHz band currently used for military radar systems for...
Wireline Competition Bureau Approves NECA Average Schedule Formula Revisions
In December, the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) proposed a number of revisions to the formulas that will be used to determine average schedule...
Form 481 Certifications for Legacy Support ETCs Due by August 7
On June 26, 2020, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) granted a temporary, limited waiver of the new July 1, 2020 certification...
