AT&T Faces $100M Fine for Running Afoul of Transparency Rule
AT&T Mobility (AT&T) has been hit with an FCC record-setting $100 million proposed forfeiture for alleged violations of the FCC’s 2010 Open Internet Transparency...
NTCH Petitions Commission to Rescind Forbearance and Begin Rulemaking that Would Require Carriers to...
On July 2, 2014, NTCH, Inc. filed a petition with the FCC requesting that Section 20.15(b) of the FCC’s rules be amended by deleting...
FCC PSHSB Submits Congressional Report on 911 Wi-Fi Access Point Access
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) has submitted a report to Congress, “Study on Emergency 911 Access to Wi-Fi...
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...
CBRS Auction Ends with $4.5+ Billion Haul
After 76 bidding rounds over the course of a month, Auction 105 for 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) Priority Access...
Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee Membership and First Meeting Announced
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has appointed 29 members to the Commission's newly created Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC). The committee's mission is to give...
Supreme Court: Warrant Now Required to Obtain Cell Site Location Information
In a landmark 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court of the U.S. (Court) has reversed the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Order Tackles High-Cost Line Count Disputes
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an order addressing two more challenges related to claims for universal service high-cost support. This order...
Mid-Band Spectrum Items Headline October FCC Meeting
The FCC’s lengthy tentative agenda for its October 23, 2018 Open Meeting contains the long-awaited 3.5 GHz rule change order, and includes the following...
Divided Commission Adopts Incentive Auction Repacking Declaratory Ruling
By a vote of 3-2 (with Commissioners Pai and O’Rielly dissenting), the Federal Communications Commission adopted a controversial Declaratory Ruling clarifying how the repacking...
