Federal-State Joint Board to Examine, Recommend Changes to USF Contribution Rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released an Order which asks the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service (Joint Board) to provide recommendations on...
Legislation Would Prevent Wireless Carriers From Receiving Lifeline Support
Representative Austin Scott (R-GA) has introduced legislation (H.R. 5376) to “prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service and commercial mobile data service through...
FCC Rejects “One Path, Four Links” Interpretation of LMDS Point-to-Point Safe Harbor
The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) has denied an LMDS construction notification of licensee The Ponderosa Telephone Co. (Ponderosa), effectively terminating Ponderosa’s LMDS license. ...
Tower Safety Workshop Planned for October 14
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are planning a workshop to explore...
Regulators in Canada Confirm Discrimination in Wholesale Data Roaming
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has issued a Decision (Decision) finding that “there were clear instances of unjust discrimination and undue preference” by...
Ruling Sought Regarding Consent Revocation Under TCPA
Santander Consumer USA, Inc. (Santander) has filed a petition for declaratory ruling asking the Federal Communications Commission to clarify that prior express consent to...
Federal Trade Commission Report Recommends Ways to Prevent Mobile Cramming
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a report that recommends best practices for mobile wireless industry participants to protect consumers against unauthorized third-party...
AT&T and T-Mobile Agree to Swap Spectrum, Despite Continued Roaming Tiff
In an effort to “operate more efficiently” by “holding larger blocks of contiguous spectrum and/or aligning spectrum blocks with those already held in adjacent...
ComSouth Gets Same USF Relief Given to RICA Members
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an Order which grants ComSouth Telenet’s (ComSouth) request to receive the same the relief established in...
New USF Joint Board Member – Elin Swanson Katz
The Federal Communications Commission has appointed Elin Swanson Katz to serve on the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service. She will fill the state...
