Reports of Trump Administration Eyeing a Nationalized 5G Network Draw Widespread Backlash
In an unusual wireless network development, national security officials in the Trump Administration reportedly have been considering a nationalized 5G wireless network in response to...
FiberTower and FCC Reach Spectrum Settlement
FiberTower Spectrum Holdings, LLC (FiberTower) and the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) have reached a settlement agreement pursuant to which FiberTower will keep 479 reinstated licenses...
FCC Dishes Out Bidding Credit Do-Overs to SNR and Northstar
Following a court remand, the FCC has issued an Order on Remand that affords SNR Wireless LicenseCo LLP (SNR) and Northstar Wireless LLC (Northstar)...
FCC Requests Comments on Petitions Requesting Reconsideration of Wireless Radio Services Order
The FCC has requested comments on four petitions for reconsideration of the August 3, 2017 Second Report and Order adopting unified construction, renewal, and...
FCC Denies Alaskan Cellular Carrier Extension of Time to Build Cell Site
The Mobility Division (Division) of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) has denied OTZ Telecommunications, Inc.’s (OTZ) request for an additional one-year extension of time to construct...
Quantum Radio Technology May Boost Wireless Communications, Claims NIST
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are claiming that radio technology using quantum physics might enable wireless communications and mapping...
FCC Revises Part 20 Rules to Streamline Paperwork and Harmonize Requirements for Wireless Mobile...
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order revising Part 20 of its rules to streamline paperwork requirements for certain wireless services and harmonize...
FCC Votes to Seek Public Comment on Excluding Twilight Towers from Historic Preservation Review
The FCC has voted to seek public comment on its plan to exclude from routine historic preservation review the collocation of wireless facilities on...
Net Neutrality MOU with FTC Sets Stage for FCC’s Title II Rollback Plans
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has released a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that would govern...
Colorado ETC Must Return $6.7M in USF Overpayments
The FCC has rejected a challenge by Colorado eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC) Blanca Telephone Company (Blanca) to the FCC Office of the Managing Director’s...
