FCC Issues ORBIT Act Report
The FCC has issued its Seventeenth Report to Congress as required by the Open-Market
Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications Act (ORBIT Act). The Orbit...
Court Rules in Favor of FCC in Open Internet Battle
In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) denied the legal challenges of the FCC’s...
FCC Seeks New Framework for Business Data Services
The FCC has commenced a proceeding to establish a new framework for business data services (special access) following its review of the special access...
FCC Adopts Real-Time Text Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would recognize real-time text as a replacement technology for...
NTIA Seeks Comment on Internet of Things
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has initiated a proceeding regarding the Internet of Things (IoT) to review the current technological and policy landscape. NTIA...
FCC Provides Guidance on Using USAC to Perform 2016 Lifeline Recertification
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released a Public Notice that provides guidance regarding the process for Lifeline providers to elect the Universal...
FCC Proposes Privacy Rules for Broadband ISPs
The FCC issued a News Release on the NPRM it adopted on March 31, 2016, proposing to establish privacy rules for broadband Internet Service...
Internet of Things Legislation Introduced in Senate
Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), and Brian Schatz (D-HI) recently introduced the Developing Innovation and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT)...
FCC Seeks Comment on Transmission of Calling Party Numbers Waiver Petition
On February 18, 2016, the Enlarged City School District of Middletown, New York (Middletown) filed a petition for a limited waiver of section 64.1601(b) of...
FCC Relaxes Emission Limits for U-NII-3 Band
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released a Memorandum Opinion and Order addressing seven petitions for reconsideration of its First Report and Order...
