Briefs
Debate Over 'Cable Pollution' Pits Indiana Officials Against Telecoms
The hearing exposed a growing divide between local frustration and industry resistance over abandoned broadband lines.
FCC
The Federal Communications Commission is the regulator of telecommunications, television, wireless, cable, satellite and radio-frequency spectrum in in the United States.
Digital Inclusion
Mission Telecom to Maintain E-Rate Prices for Off-Campus Wi-Fi After FCC Withdraws Support
Nonprofit carrier offers to help offset lost federal subsidies for 1,280 schools and libraries.
Expert Opinion
Daniel Suhr: Straight Talk on FCC 'Jawboning'
Critics accusing FCC Chairman Brendan Carr of 'jawboning' are misapplying the legal concept established in NRA v. Vullo.
Funding
Shutdown Enters Third Week as More Than 4,000 Federal Workers Face Layoffs, Telehealth Services Disrupted
Healthcare groups warn that the lapse in federal funding is disrupting telehealth access for underserved patients
Public Safety
FCC’s ‘Operation Clean Carts’ Targets Online Sales of Blacklisted Chinese Tech
E-commerce platforms remove ‘millions of listings’ tied to Huawei, Dahua, and other entities
Affordability
Advocates Push to Rebuild a Permanent Federal Broadband Subsidy
Calls mount for a modernized Universal Service Fund to address broadband affordability
Free Speech
Sen. Cruz Plans Bill to Combat Government-Driven Censorship
Cruz said recent bipartisan interest could give the bill new momentum
Justice Department
Spectrum Licenses Create Property Rights: USTelecom
The group said the government should have to compensate license holders if it seizes their airwaves.
Briefs
Gov. Newsom Signs California Law Targeting Loud Streaming Ads
California becomes the first state to regulate ad volume on streaming platforms.
Free Speech
Legal Experts Warn FCC’s Brendan Carr Edging Toward ‘Coercion’
Panelists likened FCC chairman’s content interventions to 'jawboning'
FCC
GOP Lawmakers, Attorneys General Want More Expansive Congressional Review Act
The Sixth Circuit ruled in August the FCC could reinstate parts of previously nullified rules.
Public Safety
Trusty Urges Cooperation Between Lawmakers, Private Industry, and the Public
Trusty warned that rising attacks on communications infrastructure slow broadband expansion
Spectrum
WISPA to FCC: Don’t Sell General Access CBRS Spectrum
The group noted most CBRS devices are associated with at least one general access license.
Spectrum
Levin: Chinese Investment in SpaceX Unlikely to Hold up Spectrum Deal
The FCC will have to clear the company's $17 billion spectrum purchase from EchoStar.
FCC
FCC to Examine Broadband Nutrition Labels at October Meeting
The agency will also take up satellite regulations, NextGen TV, and prison communication rates, among other things.
Education
Dale Hatfield, Wife Give $2.5 Million to Endow Chair at CU Boulder
The aim is to strengthen the rules and norms of the emerging space age
