FCC

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.'

USF

TechFreedom Urges Congress to Scrap Universal Service Surcharge

The extra fee appears on consumers’ phone bills to finance rural broadband, low-income, school and library connections.

enforcement

T-Mobile Wants Rehearing in $92 Million Location Data Fine Case

There's a circuit split on whether the FCC's process for issuing fines is unconstitutional.

FCC

Coalition Presses FCC to Overturn T-Mobile–UScellular Approval

Rural and labor groups say the FCC relied on a flawed view of competition.

FCC

FCC Auction Authority Renewal Sparks Debate on Spectrum Design, Federal Reallocation

Congress extends FCC auction authority through 2034 with 800 MHz mid-band requirement.

Fiber

Consolidated Rebranding as Fidium

The company is aiming for 2 million fiber pasings by the end of 2027.

Satellite

FCC Space Bureau Chief: 'We Are in the Space Industrial Revolution'

Bureau Chief Jay Schwarz said shift from a 'scarcity mindset' to an 'abundance mindset' in space policy needed to continue.