The Federal Communications Commission recently released a Report and Order (“Order”) to promote the use of the STIR/SHAKEN framework (which we wrote a useful primer on) in combatting caller ID spoofing. The FCC is giving carriers until June 30, 2021 to implement STIR/SHAKEN. However, if a carrier wants to receive exemption from the Caller ID … Continue Reading
On December 4, 2019, we wrote that the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has invited a new round of comments on the fate of analog Low Power Television (“LPTV”) stations that transmit on Channel 6 and target their audio channel to FM radio receivers. A notice in the Federal Register has announced that the deadline for … Continue Reading
If you're planning on filing a petition for rulemaking with the FCC but you're out of paper, or maybe your printer is low on toner and the local Kinko's is closed, we've got good news for you.… Continue Reading
The date by which certain types of filings will have be submitted electronically (rather than the old-fashioned way, on paper) has now been announced.… Continue Reading
In a move presumably designed to make everybody's lives easier, ECFS has been expanded to accept a wide range of filings that previously could be filed only on paper.… Continue Reading
With the September 15 filing deadline looming, the Commission has announced an express lane for the simultaneous submission of multiple comments (i.e., "bulk uploads") to get them in the door even faster.… Continue Reading
As comments pile up in the Open Internet proceeding, straining the FCC's systems, a post on the Commission's blog got us thinking about transparency.… Continue Reading
