The FCC has taken a quick break from its usual tasks of unleashing broadband and unlocking spectrum to attend to a lingering bit of unfinished business: acting on petitions, filed more than five years ago, seeking reconsideration of the critical service rules governing 700 MHz operations.… Continue Reading
If you have a Verizon phone that uses C Block frequencies, tethering should be free. Still, three days after release of the consent decree, a limited spot check indicated that Verizon was still demanding $20 per month to tether a C Block phone.… Continue Reading
The Commission has tied down the one lingering loose end relative to its new rules embracing Long Term Evolution (LTE) as the broadband technology for public safety networks.… Continue Reading
Last January the Commission adopted new rules embracing a specific broadband technology, Long Term Evolution (LTE), for public safety broadband networks. All but one of those rules have now become effective.… Continue Reading
The FCC has taken a big step toward ensuring that public safety agencies relying on future wireless broadband networks will be able to communicate across jurisdictional boundaries.… Continue Reading
The FCC has bitten the bullet to clear the 700 MHz band of wireless microphones, and has simultaneously legalized these devices in the hands of formerly unlawful users.… Continue Reading
For almost three years now, the FCC has been struggling mightily to devise rules to govern both the auctioning and regulatory framework for the 700 MHz D Block. This spectrum block has the unique distinction of being a Public Private Partnership — a concept never before tried by the FCC and one which has proved … Continue Reading
On August 22 we reported on the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking looking to clear out all auxiliary operations in the 700 MHz band in advance of the February 17, 2009, DTV Transition. The deadlines for submitting comments on the Commission’s proposals have been established. October 3, 2008, is the deadline for comments, and October … Continue Reading
As part of its effort to completely clear all broadcast operations out of the 700 MHz band following the February 17, 2009, DTV transition, the Commission has imposed a freeze on any new authorizations for low power auxiliary equipment in that band. (Actually, the precise frequency block at issue runs from 698-806 MHz, but that … Continue Reading
