Effective Date of Cellular Harmonization Rules Announced
The FCC has announced that January 4, 2015 is the effective date of the new 800 MHz Cellular Service rules based on geographic-based licensing. However, three...
Carolina West Wireless Seeks Waiver of Rural Call Completion Rules
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on a petition filed by Carolina West Wireless, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Clear Stream Communications,...
LECs Want Declaratory Ruling on Application of intraMTA Rule
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on a petition filed by a group of local exchange carriers (LECs) that requests a declaratory...
AT&T and U.S. Cellular Seek FCC Consent to PCS Spectrum Swap
AT&T, Inc. (AT&T) and United States Cellular Corporation (U.S. Cellular), along with various subsidiaries, are seeking Federal Communications Commission (FCC) consent to the simultaneous...
OET Extends Part 15 Unlicensed Operations and Wireless Mic Comment Deadlines
On September 30, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission adopted two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking in proceedings concerning Part 15 unlicensed operations and wireless microphones....
RUS Seeking Comment on New Environmental Review Process
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has announced that it is seeking public and federal agency comment on the preparation of a Programmatic Environmental Assessment...
E911 Accuracy Comment Deadlines Extended (Briefly)
In response to a petition for extension of time, the Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has granted a brief extension...
FAA Streamlines its Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) System
The FAA, in coordination with the FCC, has developed plans to streamline its processes related to Notice to Airmen (NOTAMs), which identify towers with...
WTB Extends Competitive Bidding Comment Deadline
The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB or Bureau) has extended the comment and reply comment deadlines applicable to the Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
FCC Announces Winners of Rural Broadband Experiment Support
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has announced the entities that have been provisionally selected as winners of rural broadband experiment support. Collectively, the provisional...
