AT&T Settles After Huge Customer Privacy Breach
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has entered into a $25 million settlement with AT&T Services, Inc. to resolve an investigation into consumer...
FiberTower Earns Small Victory in License Cancellation Appeal
The DC Circuit appeals court has given FiberTower a small but meaningful victory in FiberTower’s appeal of the FCC wireless bureau’s cancellation of several...
FCC Resolves April 2014 Outage Investigations: CenturyLink Fined $16 Million, Intrado Fined $1.4 Million
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has entered into separate consent decrees with CenturyLink, Inc. (CenturyLink) and Intrado Communications Inc. (Intrado Communications)...
Tourists Are Not Population, According to LMDS Order
The FCC wireless bureau has denied an LMDS construction notification, holding that the “substantial service” standard could not be satisfied by way of coverage...
Federal Spectrum Incentive Act Re-Introduced in House
A bipartisan group of members has re-introduced the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act (H.R. 1641) in the House of Representatives. The bill, if enacted, would amend the...
Net Neutrality Order To Be Appealed in DC Circuit
Though the FCC’s controversial Open Internet (or net neutrality) Order has not yet taken effect, two early lawsuits were filed by the U.S. Telecom...
Bureau Issues Limited Waivers of Rural Call Completion Rules
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied a petition for waiver of the FCC’s rural call completion recordkeeping, retention, and reporting rules filed...
Bureau Order Clarifies Lifeline Usage Rules
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an Order that clarifies the FCC’s rules regarding subscriber usage of Lifeline-supported service. Specifically, the Bureau...
Bureau Issues Limited Waivers of Rural Call Completion Rules
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied a petition for waiver of the FCC’s rural call completion recordkeeping, retention, and reporting rules filed...
Citizens Broadband Radio Service On FCC April Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its April open meeting, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on April 17, 2015. The...
