Net Neutrality and Title II Stand as DC Circuit Court Denies Rehearing
A three-judge panel on the D.C. circuit federal appeals court has rejected a request to review its decision en banc and upheld the FCC’s...
FCC Seeks to Update Record in the 2010 Wireless Radio Services Reform Proceeding
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) has announced a proceeding to update the record in the Wireless Radio Services (WRS) reform proceeding of May,...
International Traffic and Revenue Reporting Requirements Temporarily Waived
The FCC’s International Bureau has granted, on its own motion, a temporary waiver of the international traffic and revenue reporting requirements. The Traffic and...
Chairman Pai Reveals Plans to Obliterate Title II-based Open Internet Regs
At a political event in Washington, DC, Chairman Ajit Pai announced the FCC’s plan to reverse course on the Title II reclassification of broadband...
Ninth Circuit Upholds Local Ordinance Requiring Cell Phone RF Warning
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied CTIA’s request to block a Berkeley, California ordinance requiring cell phone retailers to...
Commission Adds Flexibility to High-Cost Projects Exceeding Capital Expense Limit
In a unanimous vote, the FCC has amended its rules to give carriers more flexibility in planning broadband deployment projects that are funded by...
FCC to Review Barriers to Wireless Infrastructure
The FCC announced today the initiation of a rulemaking proceeding to identify and address unnecessary regulatory barriers to wireless infrastructure deployment to promote the...
Some Cellular Rule Changes Now in Effect
The FCC’s Second Report and Order, Report and Order, and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) modernizing outdated Cellular Radiotelephone (Cellular) service rules has...
No Cellphone Use on Planes
In a statement issued by the FCC, Chairman Ajit Pai announced the permanent termination of the 2013 proceeding seeking to relax the rules governing mobile...
Second Wave Deadline Announced for 3.5 GHz SAS and ESC Proposals
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) have set a “second wave” deadline of May 31, 2017 for...
