Comcast Abandons Merger
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts announced on CNBC that the nation's largest cable operator has abandoned its attempted $45 billion acquisition of Time Warner, the...
RUS and NTIA Seek Comment on Broadband Opportunity Council
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) are seeking comment to inform the deliberations of the newly-created Broadband Opportunity Council. The...
FCC Adopts Rules for Citizens Broadband Radio Service
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted rules for the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (3.5 GHz band). The Report and Order adopts...
NTIA Releases Latest Spectrum Progress Report
The National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) has released the Fifth Interim Progress Report on the Obama Administration’s initiative to identify and make available 500...
Deadline Set for Open Internet Appeals
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Open Internet decision was published in the Federal Register on April 13, triggering the deadline for petitions...
Citizens Broadband Radio Service and Competitive Bidding On FCC April Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the agenda for its April open meeting, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on April 17, 2015. It contains...
Bureau Corrects Phase II Challenge Process Resolution Order
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released an Erratum that amends the Connect America Fund Phase II Challenge Resolution Order. Among other things, the...
Bureau Releases A-CAM Rate-of-Return Service Area Map
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released an online, publicly-accessible map of rate-of-return study area boundaries and related geographical information that will be...
Congressman Mooney Introduces Freedom from Internet Tax Act
Representative Alex Mooney (R-WV) has introduced the Freedom from Internet Tax Act (H.R. 1712) in the U.S. House of Representatives. If passed, the bill...
Federal Spectrum Incentive Act Re-Introduced in House
A bipartisan group of members has re-introduced the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act (H.R. 1641) in the House of Representatives. The bill, if enacted, would amend the...
