Wheeler Adds Incentive Auction Item to June Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the agenda for its upcoming open meeting, scheduled for June 18, 2015. Chairman Tom Wheeler has added...
Net Neutrality Is a Go as Court Rejects Stay
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has denied a request of several broadband providers to stay, or delay, the FCC’s Open Internet...
Kinzinger Bill Aims to Neutralize Broadband Rate Regulation
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) has introduced a short net neutrality bill entitled the "No Rate Regulation of Broadband Internet Access Act of 2015" (H.R.2666),...
Eagle-Eyed FCC Grants CAF Phase I Extension to ACS
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has granted a petition filed by Alaska Communications Systems (ACS) requesting an extension...
FCC Provides Emergency Alert System Solutions
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducted the first-ever nationwide test of the EAS on November 9,...
Findley to Join FCC’s WCB as Deputy Bureau Chief
Madeleine Findley will join the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau as Deputy Bureau Chief. Findley has served as Associate General...
VoIP Numbering, Lifeline Reform, and Robocalls Top Tentative June Open Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its June open meeting, scheduled for June 18, 2015. It contains the...
Rural Call Completion Bill Introduced in House
Congressman David Young (R-IA) has introduced the Integrity of Voice Communications Act (H.R.2566). The “Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2015” would...
Chairman Wheeler Proposes Solutions to Address Unwanted Robocalls, Texts
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is circulating a proposal among his fellow Commissioners that would address unwanted robocalls and texts to wireless phones. Unwanted calls...
FCC Releases Staff Report on Lifeline Broadband Pilot Program
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has released a staff report which summarizes data obtained from the FCC’s Low Income Broadband Pilot Program. The pilot...
