mergers
RWA to Appeal FCC’s T-Mobile-UScellular Approval
Rural carriers had opposed the $4.3 billion deal and wanted conditions imposed on any approval.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission is the regulator of telecommunications, television, wireless, cable, satellite and radio-frequency spectrum in in the United States.
cable
NCTA Asks FCC to Keep Docket Open for Cable Companies
Cable ops want to text and app-notify subscribers.
FCC
NCTA Urges FCC to Defer Verizon Petition
Asks FCC to adopt uniform unlocking requirements instead
FCC
Broadcasters to FCC: Expand Who Pays Regulatory Fees
NAB says legacy media shoulders too much of FCC’s costs
NTIA
Pew: Incomplete Federal Data Threatens Effectiveness of Broadband Deployment Programs
'Gaps in data collection can cause misallocation of public resources.'
Infrastructure
Consolidated Looking to Discontinue Copper at 45,000 New England Locations
The FCC is set to vote on easing the copper retirement process later this month.
FCC
Consumer Groups Balk At Verizon’s Bid to Delay Phone Unlocking
Urge FCC to adopt uniform 60 day unlocking standard instead
Digital Inclusion
FCC Flooded with Comments Over Delay in Prison Phone Rate Caps
Hundreds of copy-paste comments urge FCC to fully implement the Martha Wright-Reed Act.
Satellite
SES-Intelsat Deal Clears Foreign Review
The satellite operators control much of the upper C-band.
mergers
T-Mobile Ending More Diversity Initiatives as Deals Await Approval
The carrier is in the process of acquiring Metronet and UScellular.
Rural
Blackfoot Asks FCC to Waive Over $1 Million in RDOF Penalties
Cites ‘unforeseeable site-specific geographic and economic challenges’ as reason for default
Infrastructure
FCC to Propose Making March Copper Waivers Permanent
The agency will also vote on a measure eliminating regulations without a notice and comment process.
Spectrum
FCC Draft Order Would Decline Tribal Window for AWS-3 Auction
The agency said the law allowing the auction prohibited a Tribal priority window.
Ellis Scherer
ITIF Report Addresses Evolving Broadband Market and Regulatory Challenges
'Rate regulation is inapt and ineffective.'
Pole Attachments
FCC Draft Order Would Set Deadline for Large Pole Attachment Requests
The draft would also set a deadline for utilities to respond to ISP requests to approve new contractors.
Funding
Report: Wisconsin Added 163K Fiber Connections Last Year
The state’s Task Force on Broadband Access called for state investment following Trump cuts
