Ten States Sue to Block T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
Nine states and the District of Columbia have moved to block T-Mobile’s and Sprint’s plan to merge into a single wireless carrier...
Mobility Fund Phase II Data: Contact Info Due October 23, 2017; Responses Due January...
The FCC’s Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force, Wireline Competition Bureau, and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureaus) have announced upcoming deadlines for the Mobility Fund Phase...
Chairman Previews Broadband Privacy NPRM
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has released a fact sheet describing the proposed broadband privacy rules in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking currently circulating with...
FCC Adopts a Series of Orders to Streamline Copper Retirements
The FCC has released a series of orders streamlining the FCC’s rules and procedures for transitioning away from legacy copper networks. One...
D.C. Circuit Affirms 5.9 GHz Order
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has unanimously upheld the FCC’s 2020 5.9 GHz order, which reallocated 45 MHz...
Commission Releases Tenth Broadband Progress Notice of Inquiry
Federal law requires the Commission to annually review whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. ...
FCC Releases Pre-Production Broadband Map
The FCC's Broadband Data Task Force, along with other FCC Bureaus, have announced the release of the pre-production draft of the National...
$65.7M in Revised A-CAM Funding to Bring Faster Broadband to Over 106,000 Locations
The FCC has authorized $65.7 million in revised Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) funding to 186 rate-of-return carriers that will bring...
Clarification Sought on CAF Build-out Deadline Extension
Puerto Rico Telephone Company, Inc. (PRT) has filed a petition with the FCC requesting a declaratory ruling clarifying that Section 54.320(d)(2) of the Commission’s...
FCC Adopts Enhanced ACP Broadband Benefit for High-Cost Areas
The FCC has adopted an Order that will provide up to a $75 monthly broadband benefit for subscribers living in qualifying high-cost...
