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Spectrum
Utilities Oppose Plan to Assign 4.9 GHz Band to FirstNet
The proposal to put FirstNet in charge of the band called for blocking non-public safety users.
Reporter Jake Neenan, who covers broadband infrastructure and broadband funding, is a recent graduate of the Columbia Journalism School. Previously he reported on state prison conditions in New York.
Spectrum
The proposal to put FirstNet in charge of the band called for blocking non-public safety users.
USF
The court held yesterday that the $8 billion subsidy program was unconstitutional.
USF
The decision creates a split with other circuits, making an appeal to the Supreme Court likely.
Earnings
The company saw modest impacts from the end of the ACP.
Spectrum
Verizon and AT&T are relying on the spectrum for their 5G networks.
Earnings
The company expects to feel most of the impact of the ACP's sunset next quarter.
Public Safety
The outage also blocked 25 million 911 calls and affected the nationwide first responder network.
Earnings
The company also saw fewer new fiber customers, but expects the 400,000 prepaid disconnects were the worst of the impact.
FCC
Republican lawmakers have opposed many Biden administration telecom policies.
Universal Service
Like another E-Rate expansion last year, the order passed along party lines.
FCC
Carr said he cleared his participation with FCC ethics officials.
FCC
Former Democratic chairs said the ruling would hobble the agency's rulemaking ability.
Funding
While not a violation of FCC rules, a former deputy bureau chief said she was surprised to see such a drop off.
Virginia
EMPOWER would be on the hook for a letter of credit equal to six years of subsidy support without a waiver.
Spectrum
NCTA joined T-Mobile and Verizon in calling the move a windfall for FirstNet vendor AT&T.
Broadband Mapping and Data
The agency first circulated the update in May after taking comments earlier this year.