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...
Payphone Audit and Reporting Requirements Waived Through 2018 as FCC Considers Their Elimination
At yesterday’s Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to eliminate the Commission’s...
WTB Announces New FAA Antenna Structure Marking and Lighting Requirements
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) has announced that the FAA has released a new Advisory Circular for Obstruction Marking and Lighting (AC 70/7460-1L) for...
FCC Adopts New Rural Call Completion Rules and Seeks Comment on Additional Proposed Rules
The FCC has adopted and proposed new rules to address rural call completion problems. Such problems include failed calls, poor-quality long-distance calls, and the...
STELA, Local Number Portability Administration on March Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its March open meeting, scheduled for March 26, 2015. It contains the...
Chairman Pai, Commissioner Carr Issue Formal Statements Supporting T-Mobile/Sprint Merger; Commissioner O’Rielly Also “Inclined”...
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioner Brendan Carr have both issued formal statements recommending that Sprint and T-Mobile be allowed to complete...
FCC Announces the Execution of a Second Amendment to the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for...
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has announced that the FCC, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State...
FCC Establishes ECIP Program to Incent Partitioning, Disaggregation, or Lease of Underutilized Spectrum to...
The FCC has voted to establish the Enhanced Competition Incentive Program (ECIP), which will create incentives for wireless licensees to partition, disaggregate,...
Divided Supreme Court Rejects Original Net Neutrality Appeals
In a 4-3 vote with two recused justices, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected seven appeals of the FCC's 2015 net neutrality rules that had...
FCC Provides Guidance on Implementation of New Broadband Privacy Rules
The FCC has outlined the effective dates and provided guidance on the implementation of the new broadband privacy rules adopted in the 2016 broadband...
