The revised versions of Section 73.3573 and Form 301 adopted in connection with the FCC's Tribal Priority process relative to the allotment of commercial FM channels have received OMB's seal of Paperwork Reduction Act approval.… Continue Reading
The universe of Internet addresses will soon expand. On June 13, ICANN will unveil the 2000+ applications for a host of new "Generic Top Level Domains." Once in place, these will change how all of us use the Internet.… Continue Reading
When communications fail in the midst of a disaster, who can you call? Most often, you can't call anyone because, well, communications have failed. But the Commission has now taken a preliminary step toward fixing that conundrum.… Continue Reading
It doesn't do a lot of good to send an ambulance to a university campus if you don't know where on the campus to look for the patient.… Continue Reading
If you've got a main studio whose legality hinges on Longley-Rice calculations and if you weren't paying attention in 2010 when the Audio Division announced its interpretation of what is required in such situations, now would be a good time to focus on the problem.… Continue Reading
It was impressive enough when medical engineers started mass-producing complex devices for use inside the human body. Now those devices are talking not only to the physician, but also to each other.… Continue Reading
The fifth and final part in our series -- Bob Butler offers more tips on the finer points of buying telecommunications and related services.… Continue Reading
The Bureau is making $25 million available to ETCs to carry out "field experiments" on customers. It wants to see how much free or discounted Internet Joe Consumer needs to get hooked on broadband.… Continue Reading
Buying telecommunications and related services presents a different kind of contracting challenge. The bottom line is that a steady and experienced hand is indispensable to securing a customer-friendly deal. In this series of posts, our resident expert provides his Top Ten Tips.… Continue Reading
If you're thinking about asking the FCC to reconsider its recent decision to move TV public files to an FCC-maintained cloud-based online system - or maybe if you're more inclined to ask the courts to take a look at that decision - your deadlines for doing so have now been set.… Continue Reading
A number of modified reporting requirements adopted by the FCC last fall in its mammoth decision overhauling the Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation system have now kicked in.… Continue Reading
Following up on the landmark USF Order last fall in which it first adopted a plan to distribute Universal Service Fund money for broadband build-outs, The FCC has announced the basic ground rules for the "reverse auction" by which it plans to distribute USF money for broadband build-outs in certain areas.… Continue Reading
The FCC mandated a couple of months ago that text-to-speech conversion of EAS messages by EAS participants would not be permitted. That came as disappointing news to, among others, FEMA. But FEMA should be happy now.… Continue Reading