Lottery Directs Net Neutrality Challenges to Ninth Circuit
Lawsuits filed by various public and private plaintiffs (including 22 state attorneys general, advocacy groups, and Internet companies such as Mozilla, Etsy and Vimeo)...
Alaska Plan Requirements Modified, Clarified in Reconsideration Order
The FCC’s Wireline Competition and Wireless Telecommunications Bureaus (Bureaus) have partially granted an Alaska Telephone Association (ATA) Petition for Reconsideration regarding Alaska Plan map...
List of Model-Based CAF Phase II Areas Revised for Price Cap Carriers
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released a revised list of census blocks eligible for model-based Connect America Fund Phase II (CAF2) support...
Straight Path and Verizon Pay Largest Civil Penalty Ever
Straight Path Communications and Verizon Communications have paid the largest civil penalty ever to the U.S. Treasury, over $600 million, to resolve an FCC...
Mobility Fund Phase II Challenge Process Set for March 29-August 27; Map and Details...
The FCC's wireless and wireline bureaus and Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force (Bureaus) have scheduled the 150-day Mobility Fund Phase II (MF2) challenge process...
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...
Ninth Circuit Affirms FTC Authority over ISPs
In an en banc decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may regulate...
Federal Publication of Net Neutrality Repeal Ushers in Lawsuits
The FCC's 2017 Restoring Internet Freedom Order, which essentially overturned the entirety of its 2015 Open Internet Order that had established a Title II-based...
FCC Initiates Proceeding to Speed Availability of Innovative Technologies and Services
The FCC has initiated a proceeding to ensure that new technologies and services that would serve the public interest are made available to the...
FCC Conditionally Approves Four 3.5 GHz ESC Operators
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology have announced that they have conditionally approved four entities to serve as Environmental...
