Guidance Issued on New Lifeline Forms
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued a Public Notice providing guidance regarding new forms for the Lifeline program that both eligible telecommunications carriers...
Comments on Lifeline Reimbursement Clarification Due by March 12
The National Lifeline Association (NaLA) has filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling seeking clarification of the FCC’s Lifeline rules and guidance provided on the Universal...
House Version of the AIRWAVES Act Introduced
Representatives Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and Mike Doyle (D-PA) have introduced bipartisan spectrum legislation known as the Advancing Innovation and Reinvigorating Widespread Access to Viable...
Updated CAF Phase II Auction Technical Guide Released
FCC staff has released an updated Technical Guide providing technical and mathematical guidance on bidding procedures and bid processing algorithms in the upcoming Connect...
Reports of Trump Administration Eyeing a Nationalized 5G Network Draw Widespread Backlash
In an unusual wireless network development, national security officials in the Trump Administration reportedly have been considering a nationalized 5G wireless network in response to...
FiberTower and FCC Reach Spectrum Settlement
FiberTower Spectrum Holdings, LLC (FiberTower) and the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) have reached a settlement agreement pursuant to which FiberTower will keep 479 reinstated licenses...
FCC Dishes Out Bidding Credit Do-Overs to SNR and Northstar
Following a court remand, the FCC has issued an Order on Remand that affords SNR Wireless LicenseCo LLP (SNR) and Northstar Wireless LLC (Northstar)...
FCC Requests Comments on Petitions Requesting Reconsideration of Wireless Radio Services Order
The FCC has requested comments on four petitions for reconsideration of the August 3, 2017 Second Report and Order adopting unified construction, renewal, and...
FCC Denies Alaskan Cellular Carrier Extension of Time to Build Cell Site
The Mobility Division (Division) of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) has denied OTZ Telecommunications, Inc.’s (OTZ) request for an additional one-year extension of time to construct...
Quantum Radio Technology May Boost Wireless Communications, Claims NIST
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are claiming that radio technology using quantum physics might enable wireless communications and mapping...
