Monteith Named Wireline Competition Bureau Chief
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has selected Kris Anne Monteith to serve as Chief of the Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB). Monteith has been serving...
Open Internet 2.0 on its Way as FCC Adopts Proposed Rulemaking Notice
In a 2-1 vote, the FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to undo the actions taken in the agency’s 2015...
Comments on Wireline Infrastructure Proceeding Due June 15, Reply Comments Due July 17
The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued a Public Notice announcing and clarifying the deadlines for filing comments and reply comments in response to...
Freeze on Jurisdictional Separations Procedures Extended Through 2018
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order further extending for 18 months, until December 31, 2018, the current freeze of jurisdictional separations and...
Comment Deadlines Set for Proceedings on Accelerating Broadband Deployment
On April 21, 2017, the FCC adopted Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) and Notices of Inquiry (NOIs) requesting comments on how the Commission might...
FCC Denies GCI Petition for Reconsideration as Procedurally Defective
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) has denied a Petition for Reconsideration filed by General Communications, Inc., (GCI) of an Order granting USTelecom national...
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...
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...
FCC Takes Steps to Remove Regulatory Barriers on Wireline Next-Generation Networks
The FCC has announced the initiation of a proceeding to remove regulatory barriers to wireline broadband infrastructure deployment to promote the availability and affordability...
