New USF Joint Board Member – Elin Swanson Katz
The Federal Communications Commission has appointed Elin Swanson Katz to serve on the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service. She will fill the state...
EAS Blue Alerts, FirstNet Opt-out Procedures Headline June Open Meeting Agenda
The FCC has announced the tentative agenda for its next open meeting, scheduled for June 22, 2017. Continuing the Chairman’s pilot program, the Commission...
FCC Clarifies Deployment Obligations for CAF-BLS Recipients
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has adopted an Order clarifying that Connect America Fund Broadband Loop Support (CAF-BLS) recipients can satisfy...
FCC To Review Internet Delivered Video Programming Services
The FCC has commenced a rulemaking to determine the proper regulatory treatment of video programming delivered over the public Internet, as well as programming...
FCC To Investigate Devices That Impersonate Cell Phone Towers
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler has informed Representative Alan M. Grayson (D-FL) in a letter dated August 1, 2014, that “the FCC...
988 Georouting Comments Due By June 28
In April, the FCC adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing a framework that would require georouting by wireless carriers of...
WCB Grants Waiver for Navajo Nation in 2.5 GHz Rural Tribal Priority Window
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has granted a waiver request by the Navajo Nation in regard to its application filed in the 2.5...
C-band Auction Ends in Record-breaking Haul Largely for Nationwide Carriers
The FCC has announced the results and winning bidders of Auction 107 for 3.7 GHz (or C-band) spectrum. 21 bidders spent over...
Comments on C-Band Cost Reimbursement Estimates Due May 12
The FCC Wireless Telecommunications Bureau has released for comment a preliminary cost category schedule (Cost Catalog) for the C-band transition. The Cost...
Experimental License Rules Changed for RF Medical Device Testing
The FCC has modified its Part 5 experimental licensing rules to allow program experimental radio licensees (program licensees) to operate on certain bands that had...
