FCC Announces Intent to Publicly Release List of Handsets Selected to be Used in...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has announced its intention to publicly release a list of the handsets designated by each mobile wireless provider...
ROBOCOP Act Would Require Telcos to offer Free Robocall Technology
U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have...
FCC Proposes $235,668 Penalty to Company for Submitting False Information
The FCC has issued a Notice of Apparent Liability to Aura Holdings of Wisconsin, Inc. (“Aura”) proposing a $235,668.00 penalty for the apparent willful...
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...
FCC Grants Mobility Fund Phase II Challenge Process Participation Waiver
The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has granted a waiver to Wireless Partners, LLC to participate as a challenger in the Mobility...
FCC Proposes Database for Reassigned Numbers to Reduce Unwanted Calls
As part of its ongoing efforts to combat illegal robocalls, the FCC seeks comment on ways to reduce calls placed by businesses to numbers...
FCC Conditionally Approves Four 3.5 GHz ESC Operators
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and Office of Engineering and Technology have announced that they have conditionally approved four entities to serve as Environmental...
FCC Confirms Annual CPNI Certifications Due by March 1, 2018
The Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has released a Public Notice (PN) reminding telecommunications and interconnected VOIP providers that the annual CPNI certification documenting compliance...
Rural Spectrum Scanner Takes Holiday Break
Happy Holidays! Rural Spectrum Scanner will not be published December 23-January 1 as we take a break to celebrate the holidays. We will resume...
National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier Soft Launch Pushed into 2018
The anticipated December 2017 soft launch of the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier in six states (Colorado, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) has...
