NAB Sues FCC Over 600 MHz Broadcast Incentive Auction TVStudy Software
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging the Commission’s use...
Sprint and T-Mobile Petition for Reconsideration of FCC’s Spectrum Holdings Policies
Sprint and T-Mobile have individually filed petitions for reconsideration of the Commission’s spectrum holdings policies. T-Mobile asks the FCC to reconsider the amount of...
FCC Dismisses 12 Petitions as Moot Due to USF/ICC Transformation Order
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released an Order that dismisses 12 petitions seeking various forms of relief due to regulatory changes that were...
Special Access Data Collection Approved – With Changes
The Office of Management and Budget has approved, with changes, the FCC’s mandatory reporting requirement regarding special access services. Among others, the changes include...
FCC To Investigate Devices That Impersonate Cell Phone Towers
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler has informed Representative Alan M. Grayson (D-FL) in a letter dated August 1, 2014, that “the FCC...
More LECs Seek Waivers to Add Halo Revenue to Their ICC Recovery Mechanism Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking separate comment on two petitions for waiver of the FCC’s rules that govern the intercarrier compensation (ICC)...
FCC Updates Tower Lighting & Marking Regulations
The FCC has adopted an Order updating its antenna tower lighting and marking regulations and harmonizing them with FAA requirements. The order allows tower...
Order Tackles High-Cost Line Count Disputes
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an order addressing two more challenges related to claims for universal service high-cost support. This order...
Commission Releases Tenth Broadband Progress Notice of Inquiry
Federal law requires the Commission to annually review whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion. ...
Four Carriers Increase ICC Recovery Mechanism Support Due to Inclusion of Halo Revenue
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has granted in part, subject to certain conditions, a petition filed by TDS Telecommunications Corp. and a petition jointly...
