FCC
Gomez Stresses FCC Must Protect Free Speech
The commissioner flagged recent investigations into broadcasters and programming, including ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission is the regulator of telecommunications, television, wireless, cable, satellite and radio-frequency spectrum in in the United States.
NTIA
Roth: New Permitting Tool Will Fast-Track Nearly All BEAD Projects
NTIA administrator projects up to 95 percent of projects will bypass environmental reviews.
FCC
Carr: FCC Ready if Shutdown Hits This Week
Agency ‘crunching the numbers’ to gauge how long it could operate without new funding.
Alaska
FCC Tweaks Alaska Connect Fund
The agency affirmed that it expects 5G upgrades in some areas that lack any homes and businesses.
FCC
Carr To Congress: FCC Improving Coordination Among Federal Broadband Programs
Chair responds to an April audit that flagged mapping weaknesses and data gaps.
Broadband Mapping and Data
New York Fed Finds Low-income Neighborhoods Pay Higher Share of Income for Worse Broadband
Lower income areas spend 2.43 percent of their income on broadband compared to 0.51 percent elsewhere, the report found.
FCC
FCC Prepares for Mass Furloughs Amid Looming Government Shutdown
Agency’s previous contingency projected retaining just 12 percent of staff
broadcast
FCC Prepares to Revisit Broadcast Ownership Rules
Chief of Staff Scott Delacourt cites recent court ruling that sets this review apart
Public Safety
GOP AGs Back Carr on Jamming State Prison Cellphones
Twenty-three AGs say state prisons need authority to stop inmates from using smuggled phones
FCC
Utilities Reject FCC Bid to Open Streetlights for Broadband
Utilities also criticized limits on make-ready charges proposed in the FCC’s pole attachment plan.
Digital Inclusion
FCC to Vote on Rolling Back E-Rate at September Meeting
The agency added two items to its agenda that would scrap funding for off-campus Wi-Fi.
ACP
FCC Demands $1.18 Million in Repayment From Wireless Providers
Boomerang Wireless and Assist Wireless are expected to repay the U.S. Treasury
Pole Attachments
INCOMPAS Presses FCC to Reform Pole Attachment Rules
INCOMPAS urged the FCC to adopt fair pole attachment rules
Expert Opinion
Jimmy Schaeffler: Broadband, Data, and Broadcasters Are Changing
Six questions frame the importance of broadcasting, broadband, and datacasting
BEAD
Study Reveals Patchy ISP Compliance With FCC Broadband Label Requirements
No ISP earned full marks under FCC broadband label requirements, Toronto's York University Study finds.
Spectrum
SpaceX Plans New Constellation as Companies Pitch EchoStar Deal to FCC
The company said it could end up 'employing terrestrial base stations to enhance capacity where needed.'
