Single Bid Default Bars Company from RDOF Participation
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied a petition for waiver of the rule prohibiting entities that defaulted on all of...
House Bill Would Encourage Spectrum Leasing to Rural and Small Carriers
Congressmen Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Dave Loebsack (D-IA) have introduced the Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act (H.R. 1814) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The...
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Would Help Unmask Threatening Callers’ Identities
At yesterday’s Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would amend the FCC’s caller...
Wireless Bureau Extends Incentive Auction Comment Dates
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Wireless Bureau) has extended the Incentive Auction Comment Public Notice response deadlines from January...
Commission Unanimously Adopts Incentive Auction Interference Order and NPRM
The Federal Communications Commission has released a Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking addressing several outstanding issues related to the...
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...
Comment Dates Announced for Termination of Dormant Proceedings
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau (Bureau) has released a Public Notice seeking comment on the possible termination...
First Amendment to Nationwide Programmatic Agreement Limits Historic Review of Small Antennas
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) has announced the FCC’s signing of the First Amendment to the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for the Collocation of Wireless...
Supreme Court Upholds FCC’s USF Authority
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and affirmed the Federal...
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...
