Sprint and Mobilitie Pay Multimillion Dollar Fines to Settle FCC Investigation
The FCC has entered into consent decrees with Sprint and Mobilitie to resolve two separate but related investigations into whether the companies completed proper...
Comment Sought on Possible AWS-3 Extension and Government Relocation Status
In its adoption of AWS-3 Band rules, the FCC conditioned AWS-3 license grants and operations on coordination with certain Federal incumbents, some of which are relocating....
FCC Targets November 2018 for Auction of 28 GHz and 24 GHz Bands with...
In a draft Public Notice set for a full Commission vote at the next open meeting on April 17, 2018, the FCC indicates that...
Alaska CAF Reporting Waiver Denied
An Alaska Communications Services Group, Inc. (ACS) petition for clarification and waiver has been denied by the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau). When implementing...
Net Neutrality Appeals Moved Back to D.C. Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has transferred the appeal of the FCC’s December 2017 Restoring Internet Freedom Order to the...
FCC Pumps Additional Funds into ACAM While Also Looking to Additional Reforms
In a 3-2 vote, the FCC has released a Report and Order, Third Order on Reconsideration, and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) providing up...
FCC Streamlines Review Process for Wireless Infrastructure Siting
The FCC has announced its adoption of new rules streamlining the wireless infrastructure siting review process to facilitate the deployment of next-generation wireless facilities....
Unclear Billing Charges Violate FCC Truth-in-Billing Rules and the Act
The FCC has issued a Declaratory Ruling in response to a petition filed by parties involved in litigation over a billing dispute, declaring that...
Level 3 Network Outage Largest Ever Reported to FCC
The FCC's Cybersecurity and Communications Reliability Division (Division) has released a report scrutinizing Level 3 Communications’ (Level 3) major network outage. The Division stated...
FCC Rejects Request for Tower EA
The FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau’s Competition and Infrastructure Policy Division (Division) has issued an order declining to require PI Telecom Infrastructure LLC (Parallel), acting...