HAC Reporting Becomes HAC Certification for Service Providers
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order that replaces hearing aid compatibility (HAC) reporting requirements with a different set of requirements. Though service...
Divided Supreme Court Rejects Original Net Neutrality Appeals
In a 4-3 vote with two recused justices, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected seven appeals of the FCC's 2015 net neutrality rules that had...
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....
Auction 903 Ends with $1.5B of CAF Phase II Support; Long-Form Application Deadlines Set
The FCC has officially announced the close of the CAF Phase II (CAF-II) auction (Auction 903) and established filing deadlines for long-form applications (FCC...
Extension of MF-II Challenge Deadline Forthcoming in Circulating Order
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced that a draft order is circulating among the commissioners to formally extend the Mobility Fund Phase II (MF-II)...
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...
FCC Takes Action to Remove Barriers to Wireline and Wireless Infrastructure Deployment
The FCC has adopted a Third Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling fundamentally reforming the federal framework governing pole attachments. The FCC adopts a...
3.7-4.2 GHz Item Adopted to Reallocate C-Band for 5G Mobile Broadband
Following an inquiry period and while still undergoing a protracted data collection, the FCC has formally adopted and released an Order and Notice of...
New Spectrum Frontiers Item Looks at 26 GHz and 42 GHz Bands; Comments Due...
The FCC has adopted a Third Report and Order, Memorandum Opinion and Order, and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking as part of its...
Net Neutrality Roll-Back and Enhanced Network Transparency Requirements to Become Effective June 11, 2018
The FCC’s 2018 Declaratory Ruling, Report and Order and Order largely repealing the so-called “Open Internet” regulatory framework implemented by the prior FCC Chairman...
