Legislation Would Prevent Wireless Carriers From Receiving Lifeline Support
Representative Austin Scott (R-GA) has introduced legislation (H.R. 5376) to “prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service and commercial mobile data service through...
FCC Testing New Network Outage Reporting System
The FCC’s Homeland Security Bureau has announced that it will test a new version of the Network Outage Reporting System (NORS) over the next...
Comments on Fiber and Other Proposals for C-Band Due by August 7
The FCC continues to explore options to maximize the amount of C-band spectrum at 3.7-4.2 GHz that can be reallocated from current...
FCC Announces Reverse Auction Start Date; Spectrum Clearing Target
The FCC’s Incentive Auction Task Force and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau have issued a public notice announcing: (1) a 126 megahertz initial spectrum clearing target and...
WTB Seeks Comment on Waiver Request to Allow Provision of Private, Internal M2M Communications...
Spectrum Networks Group, LLC (SNG) has filed 111 applications for 900 MHz Business/Industrial/Land Transportation (B/ILT) Pool channels at various locations, and a request for...
FCC Updates List of Rural Areas Eligible for Rural Health Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced it will release an updated list of rural areas that is used to determine eligibility in the...
Petition Seeks N11 Code for Suicide and Crisis Hotlines
Care2, Inc. has filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeking the assignment of an "N11" code or other abbreviated...
Chairman Pai Reveals Plans to Obliterate Title II-based Open Internet Regs
At a political event in Washington, DC, Chairman Ajit Pai announced the FCC’s plan to reverse course on the Title II reclassification of broadband...
Comment Sought on Updated Model-Based CAF Phase II Census Blocks by July 7
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released and is seeking comment on an updated list of census blocks eligible for Connect America Fund...
E-Rate, Incentive Auction on Tentative December FCC Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its December open meeting, scheduled for December 11, 2014. It contains...
