Commission Seeks Additional Competitive Bidding Input
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted a Public Notice seeking further comment in its Competitive Bidding/Designated Entity proceeding. The Commission is...
NTIA Releases Latest Spectrum Progress Report
The National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) has released the Fifth Interim Progress Report on the Obama Administration’s initiative to identify and make available 500...
Deadline Set for Open Internet Appeals
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Open Internet decision was published in the Federal Register on April 13, triggering the deadline for petitions...
Petition Seeks N11 Code for Suicide and Crisis Hotlines
Care2, Inc. has filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeking the assignment of an "N11" code or other abbreviated...
AT&T Settles After Huge Customer Privacy Breach
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has entered into a $25 million settlement with AT&T Services, Inc. to resolve an investigation into consumer...
FiberTower Earns Small Victory in License Cancellation Appeal
The DC Circuit appeals court has given FiberTower a small but meaningful victory in FiberTower’s appeal of the FCC wireless bureau’s cancellation of several...
FCC Resolves April 2014 Outage Investigations: CenturyLink Fined $16 Million, Intrado Fined $1.4 Million
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has entered into separate consent decrees with CenturyLink, Inc. (CenturyLink) and Intrado Communications Inc. (Intrado Communications)...
Tourists Are Not Population, According to LMDS Order
The FCC wireless bureau has denied an LMDS construction notification, holding that the “substantial service” standard could not be satisfied by way of coverage...
Federal Spectrum Incentive Act Re-Introduced in House
A bipartisan group of members has re-introduced the Federal Spectrum Incentive Act (H.R. 1641) in the House of Representatives. The bill, if enacted, would amend the...
Net Neutrality Order To Be Appealed in DC Circuit
Though the FCC’s controversial Open Internet (or net neutrality) Order has not yet taken effect, two early lawsuits were filed by the U.S. Telecom...
