Ninth Circuit Upholds Local Ordinance Requiring Cell Phone RF Warning
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied CTIA’s request to block a Berkeley, California ordinance requiring cell phone retailers to...
Commission Adds Flexibility to High-Cost Projects Exceeding Capital Expense Limit
In a unanimous vote, the FCC has amended its rules to give carriers more flexibility in planning broadband deployment projects that are funded by...
FCC to Review Barriers to Wireless Infrastructure
The FCC announced today the initiation of a rulemaking proceeding to identify and address unnecessary regulatory barriers to wireless infrastructure deployment to promote the...
Some Cellular Rule Changes Now in Effect
The FCC’s Second Report and Order, Report and Order, and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) modernizing outdated Cellular Radiotelephone (Cellular) service rules has...
No Cellphone Use on Planes
In a statement issued by the FCC, Chairman Ajit Pai announced the permanent termination of the 2013 proceeding seeking to relax the rules governing mobile...
Second Wave Deadline Announced for 3.5 GHz SAS and ESC Proposals
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) have set a “second wave” deadline of May 31, 2017 for...
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...
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...
Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force Assembled
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced the formation of the Rural Broadband Auctions Task Force to administer the upcoming Universal Service Fund-related auctions. The...
Connect America Fund, Infrastructure Deployment, Business Data Headline April Open Meeting Agenda
The FCC has announced the tentative agenda for its next open meeting, scheduled for April 20, 2017. Continuing the Chairman’s pilot program, the Commission...
