Several commercial users of unlicensed devices at 902-928 MHz have criticized an LMS provider's interference study as having used too few and non-representative devices, under conditions artificially rigged to understate interference.… Continue Reading
Just as the political advertising season is about to shift into overdrive, the Ninth Circuit has opened the competition for candidates' cash to a universe of broadcasters previously excluded from that potential revenue stream.… Continue Reading
The urge to free up as much TV spectrum as possible for broadband use has now driven the Commission's Video Division to reach into the grave to take a couple of Class A authorizations back from a dead guy.… Continue Reading
If you're a noncommercial broadcaster, heads up. You've only got 30 days to comment on proposed rates and terms for the use of various copyrighted works by public broadcasters from 2013 through 2017.… Continue Reading
Some folks are proposing that on-channel analog FM boosters be permitted to originate programming separately from the parent station. The FCC wants to know what you think about that.… Continue Reading
Thinking about responding to the Commission's request for further comments in its alien ownership inquiry? Deadlines for those comments have now been set.… Continue Reading
Hard to believe, but it's again time for the Commission to take a look at competition in the multichannel video programming distribution (MVPD) industry to determine whether the 20-year-old ban on certain exclusive program access deals is still necessary. The deadline for comments has now been set.… Continue Reading
In a Rorschach-like Notice of Apparent Liability, the FCC has proposed to extract a whopping $25,000 (ouch!) forfeiture from Google for impeding an investigation into the Wi-Spy controversy.… Continue Reading
Petitions for reconsideration of the Commission's order reforming the Lifeline program have been filed -- and the deadline for responding to them have now been set.… Continue Reading
We assume the pace of approvals will pick up. At the current rate, it will probably take until the year 2797 before white space systems are fully deployed.… Continue Reading
With a proposed fine north of $800K, the FCC has signaled, again, that it's serious about enforcing its rules on hearing aid compatible handsets.… Continue Reading
The Commission has asked for more input in its search for ways to simplify the application of the Communications Act's foreign ownership restrictions.… Continue Reading
Following its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking late last year, the FCC has updated its technical standards for hearing aid compatibility of wireless phones.… Continue Reading
The 4th Report and Order sorting out the LPFM/FM translator situation has been published in the Federal Register, but the next step in the sorting out process is still a ways away.… Continue Reading
All of these rules control only a limited deployment in Wilmington, NC. But with the rules approaching final form, and more databases coming on line, white space devices may finally take the big step from PowerPoint to reality.… Continue Reading