FCC Equalizes Pole Rates for Cable and Telecommunications Attachments
The FCC has reconsidered its 2011 rate formula governing the rates charged by utilities for pole attachments used to provide telecommunications services and has made...
Form 499 Changes Proposed
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on several proposed revisions to its annual and quarterly telecommunications reporting worksheets (FCC Forms 499-A and...
FCC Votes to Expand HAC Rules, Looks to 100% Compliance with 8-Year Plan
The FCC has voted to adopt a Fourth Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking expanding the scope of the FCC’s hearing aid...
Bill Introduced to Codify Small Business Exemption to Net Neutrality Disclosures
Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) has introduced the Small Business Broadband Deployment Act of 2015 (S.2283). If passed, the bill would make permanent the current...
FCC Releases Form 477 Broadband Deployment Data
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau have released data on fixed and mobile broadband deployment as of December 31, 2014, collected...
Cox Penalized for CPNI Breach by “Lizard Squad” Hacker
Cox Communications (Cox) has agreed to a $595,000 settlement with the FCC following an investigation in to whether Cox failed to properly protect customer proprietary...
FCC Grants Co-Mo Application For Review, Reduces CenturyLink’s CAF II Support
The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) has issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order granting an application for review filed by Co-Mo Comm, Inc. (Co-Mo) and...
FCC Committee Unveils Recommended Broadband Disclosures
The FCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC) has released its Broadband Consumer Disclosure formats that it recommends the FCC adopt as a safe harbor to the...
3.5 GHz Band: FCC Seeks Comment on Protecting Grandfathered Users
The FCC has released a Public Notice seeking comment on the appropriate method for determining the protected contours for grandfathered protection zones in the...
FCC Looks to the Future with 5G Spectrum NPRM; Comments Due by January 26
Following up on last year’s inquiry proceeding on a regulatory framework for 5G mobile services, the FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
