OMB has preliminarily approved, with conditions and limitations, the Consumer Survey with which the FCC is looking to generate data for its 2010 Quadrennial Review of ownership rules and policies.… Continue Reading
Comment deadlines have been set in the Inquiry into dynamic spectrum use technologies -- the Inquiry which could overhaul the foundations of radio communications.… Continue Reading
The FCC has begun the biggest radio technology change in a century. The end result will be an utterly different radio spectrum - as different from today's as today's is from the spark-gap era.… Continue Reading
The FCC is conducting an "environmental assessment" relative to the effects of its Antenna Structure Registration Program on migratory birds. It invites your comments.… Continue Reading
The proposed Consumer Survey we wrote about last Friday is now available online at the OMB website, along with some interesting "supporting documents". Check it all out, but act fast -- two of the 17 days the FCC has given us to review and comment on the survey have already passed.… Continue Reading
Paging Richard Dawson! The FCC may be needing you to come out of retirement soon to deliver the classic Family Feud catchphrase, "Our survey said". Why? Because the Commission is looking to unleash its own "Consumer Survey".… Continue Reading
Deadlines for comments and replies have been established in the FCC's inquiry concerning two "under-developed" issues inherent in the Net Neutrality/Open Network proceeding.… Continue Reading
With too little basis for regulation having failed in court, and the FCC having earlier rejected too much, the FCC is now trying for the "just right" approach to network neutrality.… Continue Reading
Given the strongly held positions both in favor of and opposed to the FCC's regulation of Internet traffic management, the coming Notice of Inquiry will trigger pitched battles over the existence or non-existence of a statutory basis for net neutrality regulations.… Continue Reading
Video connection and navigation devices are the subjects of a couple of FCC proceedings, one looking toward the development of the next generation of such devices.… Continue Reading
In an impressive display of regulatory shock and awe, the FCC has put a substantial dent in its NBP to-do list by launching six separate proceedings.… Continue Reading
The Commission needs to come up with a way to free up spectrum from Federal sources, re-farm spectrum currently allocated to non-broadband uses, or require more effective use of existing spectrum by incumbent licensees. It's looking for input from the public.… Continue Reading
The FCC is bracing itself for an onslaught of comments under the heading "Fostering Innovation and Investment in the Wireless Communications Market" in response to a recent Notice of Inquiry.… Continue Reading
