More than 30 petitions for reconsideration of the Incentive Spectrum Auction Report and Order have been filed - and deadlines for responding to those petitions have now been set.… Continue Reading
Engineers are never satisfied. Even when "4G" mobile service was still a new idea, the engineers had begun thinking ahead to what will eventually become 5G.… Continue Reading
If you picked "mid-2015" in your office pool for the date the FCC's incentive spectrum auction would be held, we've got some bad news for you.… Continue Reading
Underscoring its interest in encouraging consumer cellular signal boosters, the Commission has tweaked its rules governing such devices.… Continue Reading
Slowly but surely, the new set of rigorous requirements for 911 system service providers adopted last December in the wake of the 2012 "derecho" storm are coming on line.… Continue Reading
If you've got one or more tower structures, you may be in luck. The FCC has at long last taken a weed-whacker to Part 17 of its rules.… Continue Reading
If you're thinking about responding to the two recon petitions in the AWS-3 service rules proceeding, your deadlines have now been set.… Continue Reading
The Wireline Competition Bureau has "reminded" carriers of the need to get prior approval for certain transfers of control . . . even though there's nothing in the rules requiring such approval.… Continue Reading
When you've bought a phone, haven't you also bought the software inside it? That's what a reasonable person might think. But judges do not necessarily conform to the usual standards of reasonableness.… Continue Reading
The FCC has announced an upcoming webinar as well as the availability of new resources -- all about its expanded Form 477 Data Program.… Continue Reading
To the FCC's likely chagrin, the Fifth Circuit has held that USF funds are not "federal funds" within the meaning of the False Claims Act..… Continue Reading
The FCC has answered some old questions about the next phase of the Connect America Fund, but it's also managed to raise new questions, particularly about CAF Phase II and Mobility Fund Phase II Auctions.… Continue Reading
If you think you might want to ask the FCC to reconsider its spectrum incentive auction Report and Order, or maybe ask a court of appeals to review it, you should mark your calendar now.… Continue Reading
Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, each spring brings a new set of proposed regulatory fees from the FCC - and this year is no exception.… Continue Reading