The FCC adopted a Report and Order to reform its DE program following claims of fraud
While the Federal Communications Commission pushed off specific rulemaking tied to the planned 600 MHz incentive auction scheduled for early next year, the FCC did move forward with plans...
The Atlantic hurricane season, which has yet to yield any major storms – knock on wood – kicked off on June 1 and runs until Nov. 30. Regulators at the Federal Communications Commission have published a number of tips for how to stay connected...
Duplex gap concerns force FCC to postpone today’s vote on 600 MHz incentive auction rules
The Federal Communications Commission has dropped plans to vote today on rules for the planned 600 MHz incentive auction.
The vote was set to be part of an open meeting, and...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
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Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Sprint encouraged...
AT&T offers low-cost broadband commitment to consumers
AT&T is offering up low-cost broadband options as an incentive to government regulators currently debating the telecom giant’s year-long attempt to acquire DirecTV.
In a filing earlier this month with the Federal Communications Commission, AT&T said that should the...
FCC found TracFone violated device-unlocking rules for Lifeline customers
TracFone Wireless ran afoul of the Federal Communications Commission’s device unlocking requirements tied to its Lifeline service offerings that could cost the prepaid provider more than $83 million.
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau found that TracFone violated FCC...
FCC looks to gauge competition level between telecom carriers; big guys say it’s all good, little guys, not so much
As it does every year, the Federal Communications Commission is taking comments for its Mobile Wireless Competition Report. So far, telecom carrier comments fall along...
Pai and Wheeler split on how to pay for expanding broadband into underserved America
WASHINGTON – From a podium in Omaha, Neb., FCC Republican Commissioner Ajit Pai, announced his vision of bringing broadband Internet services to rural America.
Contrary to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler’s...
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto last Thursday and announced that the company would be investing approximately $3 billion to bring the new AT&T network up to global standards (full announcement here). Contained in the announcement are some specific...
Name checks Uber: 'The largest taxi company in the country doesn’t own any vehicles …'
WASHINGTON – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler late last week delivered an address to the Brookings Institution, a well known liberal-leaning Washington, D.C., think tank, highlighting the success of the...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
WASHINGTON – “The Internet is not a human right,” said Michael O’Rielly, Federal Communications Commission commissioner, in an address to the Internet Innovation Alliance panel.
O’Rielly made the remark as part of a presentation titled "The Role for Regulators in an Expanding Broadband Economy." His comment seemed to...
FCC circulates draft of 600 MHz auction rules counter to T-Mobile US push
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler today said he has circulated a draft Order on Reconsideration connected to the upcoming 600 MHz incentive auction that maintains the previously stated 30 megahertz of...
Lobbying groups say, 'feed the beast,' as rules, reserve being set for spectrum auction
WASHINGTON – As the wrangling over rules for the upcoming spectrum auction continues, most stakeholders agree on the acute need for more spectrum, but not on how federal regulators should divvy...
AT&T, T-Mobile US argue over pending 700 MHz license deal
AT&T and T-Mobile US continued to spar over spectrum licenses, with the latest match concerning AT&T’s pending plans to acquire a trio of 700 MHz licenses covering portions of Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio.
T-Mobile US...
Commercial Network Services asks for FCC intervention in Time Warner Cable interconnect dispute
Beloved service provider Time Warner Cable appears to have earned the dubious distinction of being the first company to garner a complaint for violating recently implemented net neutrality rules.
Commercial Network Services, which...
T-Mobile US taps cartoon medium as FCC nears 600 MHz auction decision
T-Mobile US continues to tap the video medium in its attempt to garner support for its view that the Federal Communications Commission should set aside more spectrum for its upcoming 600 MHz incentive...
Defining unlimited; and T-Mobile US in the driver's seat
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 to fine AT&T Mobility $100 million for allegedly misleading customers about unlimited data plans. Despite many news outlets calling this the first of many “net neutrality fines,” the...
Sprint was throttling speed to unlimited data plan subscribers but stopped after FCC fined AT&T $100M for same practice
Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure, speaking with a Kansas City, Mo., television station, said the carrier may do away with current pricing on unlimited data plans later...
Sprint seeks FCC approval to shutter consumer wireline biz by Sept. 17
Sprint is looking to drop its consumer wireline business and some associated services by Sept. 19 due to “changing market conditions.”
In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission, Sprint noted that it stopped...
Federal subsidy expansion gets FCC nod to include rural broadband Internet for low-income Americans
WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission appears set to go ahead with plans to offer $1.7 billion in subsidies to connect poor Americans to the Internet.
On June 18, the FCC voted...
Goal of wireless legislation is to reallocate federal spectrum for commercial uses
WASHINGTON – On June 18, a group of Republican senators reintroduced the Wireless Innovation Act, which is meant to reallocate federally held wireless spectrum to push innovation.
Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Kelly Ayotte...
FCC wants to reserve UHF channels for unlicensed use, NAB cries foul
WASHINGTON – The FCC has proposed that, after the next incentive auction, one UHF channel in each market be set aside for unlicensed white space devices like wireless microphones.
The move signals an acknowledgement...
