Comments on Hearing Aid Compatibility Rules Due January 22
In November 2014, the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau issued a Public Notice soliciting updated information regarding the effectiveness...
T-Mobile Settles Cramming Investigation
As part of a $90 million global settlement, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) and T-Mobile USA, Inc. (T-Mobile) have entered into a Consent Decree...
FCC Releases Latest Connect America Fund Report and Order
At its December 2014 open meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Report and Order that continues its efforts to implement the fundamental...
FCC/TAC Releases Mobile Device Theft Prevention Report; Seeks Input
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Technological Advisory Council Subcommittee on Mobile Device Theft Prevention has released its report regarding the incidence and...
FCC Seeks Comment on Incentive Auction Comment Procedures
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted a Public Notice seeking input on procedures for the 600 MHz Broadcast Incentive Auction currently scheduled to...
Copyright Office Announces Deadlines for Comments Responding to Handset Unlocking Petitions
The U.S. Copyright Office has adopted an NPRM establishing the deadlines for responding to petitions seeking exemptions to the DMCA to allow for wireless...
Effective Date of Cellular Harmonization Rules Announced
The FCC has announced that January 4, 2015 is the effective date of the new 800 MHz Cellular Service rules based on geographic-based licensing. However, three...
Carolina West Wireless Seeks Waiver of Rural Call Completion Rules
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on a petition filed by Carolina West Wireless, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Clear Stream Communications,...
LECs Want Declaratory Ruling on Application of intraMTA Rule
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on a petition filed by a group of local exchange carriers (LECs) that requests a declaratory...
AT&T and U.S. Cellular Seek FCC Consent to PCS Spectrum Swap
AT&T, Inc. (AT&T) and United States Cellular Corporation (U.S. Cellular), along with various subsidiaries, are seeking Federal Communications Commission (FCC) consent to the simultaneous...
