An FCC enforcement official once told us a bit of internal policy: "We keep jacking up the fines till we get their attention." At $202,000, we suspect the FCC got Towerstream's attention.… Continue Reading
Tip for today: don't fire up your GPS jammer next to an airport. Gary P. Bojczak did, and it's going to cost him $31,875.… Continue Reading
FHH expert (and CommLawBlog regular) Mitchell Lazarus is slated to give a webinar on obtaining FCC approval for new radio-based technologies.… Continue Reading
With renewed interest in EBS leasing, now appears to be a good time for EBS licensees to review some of the more prominent compensation-related factors involved in the process.… Continue Reading
Planning a Labor Day get-away? Good news! The new rules permitting 78-81 GHz radar for detection of "foreign object debris" on airport runways should be in effect by then.… Continue Reading
If you're thinking about filing reply comments about any the 20 or so comments that have been filed relative to the FCC's proposed overhaul of the equipment certification process, you're in luck.… Continue Reading
We will all rest a little easier as the aircraft accelerates for take-off. Except for the crying baby right behind us.… Continue Reading
The FCC is looking to alter the way in which certain spectrum is to be shared between the government and private users. Here are the dates on which to offer your two cents' worth.… Continue Reading
If you want to chime in on any or all of the petitions seeking reconsideration of the FCC's expansion of the scope of experimental licenses, the deadlines have been announced.… Continue Reading
And then there were three.… Continue Reading
LS telcom AG seeks to join the two coordinators operating and two others awaiting approval.… Continue Reading
It is probably not a coincidence that the FCC, just a few days before the rejection, had proposed use of this same band for air-ground broadband systems to facilitate Internet service for airplane passengers.… Continue Reading
The FCC has extended the date for reply comments, originally June 24, to July 24.… Continue Reading
The case opens the possibility that an FCC forfeiture defendant, especially one with a constitutional defense, might get into the Court of Appeals without first paying the forfeiture. That would be a small but important tilt in the balance between the FCC and the people it regulates.… Continue Reading
Considering the broad reach of the order, that fact that only three petitions for reconsideration were filed is a testament to the FCC's foresight.… Continue Reading
It's official - the revised rules governing use of Auditory Assistance Devices are set to take effect next month.… Continue Reading
We all have more time to file comments in the FCC's inquiry relating to receiver standards.… Continue Reading
Yes, the rules say Part 15 users must accept interference and operate at their own risk; and yes, Progeny has a legal right to deploy, if it satisfies the field test requirement. Still, Part 15 equipment has become so important to so many industries, and to the economy generally, that it may have earned a higher status in the spectrum.… Continue Reading
The FCC's March 2013 item on health effects of radio-frequency energy has appeared in the Federal Register, telling us the effective dates of newly changed rules and the deadlines for comments on new proposals.… Continue Reading
The ruling sets up a potentially deadly trap for companies that acquire others, or that transfer technology-related assets.… Continue Reading
When full-power stations changed channels as part of the 2009 digital transition, and low-powers adjusted their receivers accordingly, many forgot to tell the FCC. That could give them problems in the near future.… Continue Reading
Mark your scorecards: once approved, these will be database managers numbers 3 and 4.… Continue Reading
Efforts to accomplish the desired result have taxed the best legal minds at the FCC. The NPRM ties itself in knots, struggling with a system that may have suddenly become obsolete -- and may signal the beginning of the end of a basic tenet of U.S. spectrum management.… Continue Reading
The FCC used its objections to deem the petition as being one that "plainly [does] not warrant consideration by the Commission." That strikes us as little harsh.… Continue Reading
