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...
Fourth Circuit Rules a Warrant is not Needed to Obtain Historical Cell-site Location Information
Eliminating a circuit split, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has reversed its earlier 2015 decision by a three-judge panel, and held...
Comment Sought on AT&T’s 2.3 GHz Smart Grid Buildout Waiver Request
Earlier this year, AT&T filed a Petition and Supplement asking the FCC to waive the March 13, 2017 interim buildout deadline for its 2.3...
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Govern Access to Overseas Communications
Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Dean Heller (R-Nevada), and Chris Coons (D-Delaware) have introduced the International Communications Privacy Act (ICPA) to clarify the ability of...
FCC Amends Network Outage Reporting Requirements
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Order on Reconsideration that are intended to...
FCC Reminds 700 MHz Licensees of Construction and Reporting Deadlines
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) has issued a public notice reminding 700 MHz licensees (Lower A Block, B Block, and E Block, and Upper...
Numbering Council Releases Report On Nationwide Wireless Number Portability
The North American Numbering Council has released a report on nationwide, non-geographic wireless number portability. In November 2015, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau directed...
Providers With Pending Lifeline ETC Petitions Must Affirm Review by June 7
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that communications providers that have Lifeline ETC designation petitions or Lifeline compliance plan requests pending before...
Incentive Auction Applicant Asks FCC to Ignore Foreign Subscribers for Rural Bid Credit Eligibility
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) is seeking comment on a petition from Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. (ATN) and its wholly-owned subsidiary SAL Spectrum, LLC...
FCC Requests Comments on Amended Programmatic Agreement for the Collocation of Wireless Antennas
The FCC has asked for comment on a proposed Amended Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for the Collocation of Wireless Antennas (Amended Collocation Agreement) to account...
