FCC Releases Form 477 Broadband Deployment Data
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau have released data on fixed and mobile broadband deployment as of December 31, 2014, collected...
Cox Penalized for CPNI Breach by “Lizard Squad” Hacker
Cox Communications (Cox) has agreed to a $595,000 settlement with the FCC following an investigation in to whether Cox failed to properly protect customer proprietary...
FCC Denies Stay of New Definition of Oklahoma Tribal Areas
In June 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made a number of reforms to the universal service Lifeline program, including the adoption of a...
Wireless Bureau Affirms that Weekend Beachgoers Aren’t Population
An Order on Reconsideration from the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has affirmed that tourists and “weekend populations” do not count for purposes of...
CCA Says IP-Based LTE Services Currently Not Compatible With TTY
The Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) has filed a petition for declaratory ruling related to the applicability of text telephone (TTY) device rules. Specifically, CCA...
FCC Committee Unveils Recommended Broadband Disclosures
The FCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) has released its Broadband Consumer Disclosure formats that it recommends the FCC adopt as a safe harbor to the...
3.5 GHz Band: FCC Seeks Comment on Protecting Grandfathered Users
The FCC has released a Public Notice seeking comment on the appropriate method for determining the protected contours for grandfathered protection zones in the...
FCC Sets Nov. 30 Deadline for Reconsideration of Incentive Auction Application Procedures
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has announced that the deadline to file a petition for reconsideration of the Incentive Auction Application Procedures Public...
FCC Looks to the Future with 5G Spectrum NPRM; Comments Due by January 26
Following up on last year’s inquiry proceeding on a regulatory framework for 5G mobile services, the FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
FCC Defines When 600 MHz Band Licensees Commence Operations
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a Report and Order which clarifies an important aspect of the 600 MHz Broadcast Incentive Auction’s post-auction...
