C-Band Registration Deadline Further Extended to October 31
The FCC's International Bureau has further extended by two weeks the registration filing window for C-Band downlink Fixed Satellite Service earth stations in the...
FCC Takes Additional Action to Facilitate Wireless Infrastructure Deployment for 5G
In a contentious proceeding, the FCC has adopted an action intended to remove regulatory impediments to small cell deployment at the state and local level....
New FAA Reauthorization Bill Includes Revisions to 2016 Rural Tower Marking Mandate
The House and Senate transportation leaders have released a 1,200 page compromise bill, HR 302, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, to reauthorize and fund...
Auction 903 Ends with $1.5B of CAF Phase II Support; Long-Form Application Deadlines Set
The FCC has officially announced the close of the CAF Phase II (CAF-II) auction (Auction 903) and established filing deadlines for long-form applications (FCC...
Extension of MF-II Challenge Deadline Forthcoming in Circulating Order
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has announced that a draft order is circulating among the commissioners to formally extend the Mobility Fund Phase II (MF-II)...
FCC Takes Action to Remove Barriers to Wireline and Wireless Infrastructure Deployment
The FCC has adopted a Third Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling fundamentally reforming the federal framework governing pole attachments. The FCC adopts a...
3.7-4.2 GHz Item Adopted to Reallocate C-Band for 5G Mobile Broadband
Following an inquiry period and while still undergoing a protracted data collection, the FCC has formally adopted and released an Order and Notice of...
Auctions Headline August Open Meeting Agenda
The FCC has announced the tentative agenda for its next Open Meeting, scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, August 2, 2018.
Spectrum...
FCC Eliminates Unnecessary and Outdated Cellular Service Rules
In an effort to repeal outdated rules and modernize the Cellular Service Rules, the FCC has adopted an order eliminating obsolete and unnecessary regulatory...
Supreme Court Remands Berkeley Cell Phone Case to Ninth Circuit
The Supreme Court has vacated the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s decision upholding a Berkeley, California ordinance requiring cell phone retailers...