Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015 Introduced in House
Congressmen Kinzinger (R-IL) and Loebsack (D-IA) have introduced the Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015 (H.R. 3103) in the House of Representatives. Senators Klobuchar (D-MN) and...
FCC Initiates Proceeding to Limit Section 106 Historic Review For Small Wireless Facility Deployments
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) is requesting input on how to improve the review process for deployments of small wireless communications facilities, including...
Comment Deadline in Vacant Channel Rulemaking Suspended
The FCC has suspended comment and reply deadlines in its vacant channel rulemaking until further notice. The FCC action came in response to a...
RUS Awards $86 Million in Rural Broadband Grants and Loans
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has awarded $74.8 million in Telecommunications Loans and $11 million in Community Connect Grants to...
T-Mobile to Pay $17.5 Million for Service Outage Notification Failures
T-Mobile USA, Inc. (T-Mobile) has entered into a consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) under which T-Mobile will resolve an...
Chairman Wheeler Announces Big August Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its August open meeting, scheduled for August 6, 2015. It contains the...
USAC Board Members Sought
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) is seeking nominations for 12 board member positions on the Universal Service Administrative...
FCC Adopts Rural Provider Bidding Credit
At its July Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted an item that updated its Designated Entity (DE) and Competitive Bidding...
Wheeler Pulls Incentive Auction Procedures and Mobile Spectrum Holdings Items from July Agenda
In a letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, Federal Communications Commission (FCC...
Parties Seek Access to Confidential Data in Special Access Proceeding
In June, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) released a Public Notice announcing that it was ready to receive...
