FCC Revisits Pole Rates
The FCC has solicited additional comments as it seeks to refresh the record on issues raised in a Petition for Reconsideration filed by the National...
Unauthorized Emergency Alert Prompts PSHSB Questions
The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) is seeking comment on how unauthorized Emergency Alert System (EAS) messages affect EAS participants, public...
FCC Rejects ACA Application for Review of CAF Cost Model Inputs
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has denied an application for review filed by the American Cable Association (ACA) that challenged two aspects of the...
Comment Dates Set for Proposed Emergency Alert System Changes
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a Public Notice seeking comment on several proposed changes to the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The Notice...
Commission Sets Filing Deadlines for Comcast-TWC Merger Input
In April 2014, Comcast Corporation (Comcast) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) filed joint applications seeking consent to transfer control of various Federal Communications...
Default Comment Cycle Applies to Requests for Review of USAC USF Contributions Decisions
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that effective immediately, it will begin applying the default comment cycle to requests for review of...
FCC Equalizes Pole Rates for Cable and Telecommunications Attachments
The FCC has reconsidered its 2011 rate formula governing the rates charged by utilities for pole attachments used to provide telecommunications services and has made...
FCC Expands Emergency Access
The FCC has adopted additional rules to ensure that visually impaired persons have timely access to critical emergency information. The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility...
FCC Seeks Comment on Petition for Waiver of Accessible Emergency Information
The FCC's Media Bureau (Bureau) seeks comment on the American Cable Association’s (ACA) Petition seeking a permanent waiver of the FCC’s rules requiring analog-only cable...
Commission Affirms Limits on Local Cable Franchise Regulation
The FCC has re-affirmed its earlier decisions limiting the reach of local cable franchise regulation as applied to both incumbent and competitive cable systems. ...
