Bipartisan Legislation Could Narrow Previous Rural Tower Marking and Lighting Mandate
Leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Bill Shuster (R-PA) and Peter De Fazio (D-OR), have introduced the bipartisan Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...
Former BDAC Chair Arrested for Fraud
Elizabeth Pierce, a former chair of the FCC's Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC) and former CEO of Alaska subsea fiber cable provider Quintillion, reportedly...
T-Mobile Pays $40 Million to Settle Investigation of Rural Call Completion Violations
The FCC has entered into a consent decree with T-Mobile USA, Inc., to resolve an investigation into whether T-Mobile violated the Communications Act and...
Sprint and Mobilitie Pay Multimillion Dollar Fines to Settle FCC Investigation
The FCC has entered into consent decrees with Sprint and Mobilitie to resolve two separate but related investigations into whether the companies completed proper...
Comment Sought on Possible AWS-3 Extension and Government Relocation Status
In its adoption of AWS-3 Band rules, the FCC conditioned AWS-3 license grants and operations on coordination with certain Federal incumbents, some of which are relocating....
FCC Targets November 2018 for Auction of 28 GHz and 24 GHz Bands with...
In a draft Public Notice set for a full Commission vote at the next open meeting on April 17, 2018, the FCC indicates that...
Alaska CAF Reporting Waiver Denied
An Alaska Communications Services Group, Inc. (ACS) petition for clarification and waiver has been denied by the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau). When implementing...
Net Neutrality Appeals Moved Back to D.C. Circuit
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has transferred the appeal of the FCC’s December 2017 Restoring Internet Freedom Order to the...
FCC Pumps Additional Funds into ACAM While Also Looking to Additional Reforms
In a 3-2 vote, the FCC has released a Report and Order, Third Order on Reconsideration, and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) providing up...
FCC Streamlines Review Process for Wireless Infrastructure Siting
The FCC has announced its adoption of new rules streamlining the wireless infrastructure siting review process to facilitate the deployment of next-generation wireless facilities....
