Wireless Infrastructure, Wireline Buildout, Phone Jamming Highlight September FCC Open Meeting Agenda
The FCC has published the tentative agenda for its September 2025 Open Meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 30, at...
FCC Proposes to Eliminate BDS Rate Regulation and Tariffing Obligations
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that launches a review of the Commission’s business data...
FCC Launches Copper Transition Rulemaking
The FCC has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes and seeks comment on various deregulatory options for the retirement...
Supreme Court Upholds FCC’s USF Authority
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund (USF) and affirmed the Federal...
Charter and Cox Announce Merger
Charter Communications and Cox Communications have announced an agreement to merge, valuing Cox at $34.5 billion. The combined company will operate under...
FCC Approves $20 Billion Verizon-Frontier Merger
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order approving Verizon Communications Inc.’s (Verizon) $20 billion acquisition of...
WCB Extends Compliance Deadlines for Privacy of Domestic Violence Calls and Texts
On November 16, 2023, the FCC adopted the Safe Connections Act Report and Order, which established rules aimed at protecting the privacy...
Sixth Circuit Sinks Net Neutrality
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Sixth Circuit) has likely dealt a fatal blow to the FCC's May 2024...
Net Neutrality on Hold Pending Sixth Circuit Appeal
In a blow to the FCC's Net Neutrality Order (Order) adopted this year recategorizing broadband Internet access service as Title II telecommunications,...
Net Neutrality Temporarily Stayed by Sixth Circuit
The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has granted a temporary two-week stay of the FCC's Net Neutrality Order. The stay delays...
