Quarter-billion-dollar investment is coming from FCC’s Connect America Fund
WASHINGTON – Frontier Communications has announced the receipt of $238 million from the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund to expand broadband Internet access to 1.3 million rural Americans across 28 states.
Dan McCarthy, Frontier president and...
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Report notes Sprint slashes data speed throttling on unlimited plans tied to FCC net neutrality rules
Sprint has told the Federal Communications Commission it has stopped throttling data speeds for consumers on “unlimited” data plans.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Sprint late last week stopped...
Report suggests Wheeler against T-Mobile US request for 40 megahertz spectrum reserve
The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly set to dismiss a request from T-Mobile US to increase the amount of reserved spectrum set aside for the upcoming 600 MHz spectrum auction.
Bloomberg Business cited people...
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Discord among FCC commissioners; Pai sites Kafka while O’Rielly defends AT&T’s actions
The Federal Communications Commission today announced plans to fine AT&T Mobility $100 million for misleading customers about its unlimited data plan offering.
Specifically, FCC investigators allege that AT&T “severely slowed down the data speeds...
AT&T jumps on T-Mobile US and its argument about spectrum rules
T-Mobile US CEO John Legere’s recent video rant against Verizon Wireless and AT&T drew a condescending response from the former suggesting Legere “watch his language,” while the latter also noted the colorfulness of Legere’s...
Appeals court ruling paves way for 600 MHz incentive auction to proceed
The Federal Communications Commission scored a significant victory in its attempt to conduct its controversial 600 MHz incentive auction, with an appeals court striking down a challenge by the National Association of Broadcasters.
In...
FCC has gained ground in text-to-911 and improving location accuracy for vital public safety system
WASHINGTON – The 911 system is responsible for providing emergency dispatch for 300 million people. If it goes down for even a few hours, as happened in April 2014, millions...
WASHINGTON – Decades after they were invented and became a staple of everyday life, mobile phones are finally finding a clear legal footing in U.S. courts.
Mobile technology has spurred a multiyear global debate touching on issues such as privacy, freedom of speech, civil rights...
Proposed funding requires strict regulations related to FCC regulatory power
WASHINGTON – The proposed federal budget recently released by the U.S. House of Representatives cuts Federal Communications Commission funding and effectively puts the brakes on the net neutrality debate, at least until the legal challenges are resolved.
The...
Argument that FCC has essentially reclassified VoIP services
WASHINGTON – Net neutrality is rapidly becoming an issue that is very good for lawyers. On June 8, TechFreedom, CARI.net and self-described leading Internet entrepreneurs Jeff Pulver, Scott Banister, Charles Giancarlo, David Frankel and Wendell Brown filed...
The Federal Communications Commission has been examining the possibility of doing away with its call-forwarding requirements for non-service-initialized (NSI) phones as part of its on going efforts to modernize national emergency telecom infrastructure.
The regulatory agency is soliciting comment. From the notice: “We seek comment...
The “Un-carrier” wants regulators to increase reserve for upcoming 600 MHz auction
In a June 2 letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, T-Mobile US pushed for the feds to include a larger reserve of 600 MHz spectrum in an upcoming auction to foster...
Coalition of lobbying and industry groups sent a letter in support of the pending Wi-Fi Innovation Act
WASHINGTON – Telecommunications lobbying groups want federal lawmakers to open up unlicensed spectrum in the 5 GHz band to create more capacity for Wi-Fi.
In an open letter to...
CTIA lobbyists support the push to bridge the digital divide
WASHINGTON – Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), in conjunction with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), introduced legislation to modernize the Universal Service Fund’s Lifeline Assistance Program to include subsidized access to broadband.
The...
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Sprint Nextel...
AT&T filed to acquire spectrum and network assets from Cellular Properties
AT&T is looking to expand its spectrum holdings across a pair of cellular market areas covering 11 counties in Illinois.
The deal, which was filed last week with the Federal Communications Commission, includes a pair...
Update, 9:24 a.m. CST, May 26: Charter Communications today confirmed reports it is making a play to purchase Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable provider in the U.S. behind Comcast, for $55 billion.
Charter also is working to purchase provider Bright House Networks, which would...
A hot topic is the upcoming incentive auction. The amount of available spectrum per subscriber tells us how much capacity the carrier has to serve its customers and therefore what the theoretical upper limits of data speeds are. It also shows us how urgently...
Court claims more details needed before it will approve Sprint, CFPB bill-cramming proposal
A federal judge is holding up a $50 million settlement between Sprint and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over bill cramming until both sides explain why the proposal is “fair, reasonable and...
Verizon Wireless said CDMA to continue supporting IoT, connected devices
While LTE is the network of now and the future at Verizon Wireless, the carrier expects to continue supporting its legacy CDMA operations for the foreseeable future to handle connected devices as part of the...
Petitioners ask higher court to decide on net neutrality
WASHINGTON – The joint petitioners seeking a stay on the implementation of net neutrality rules, which go into effect next month, have appealed the FCC's denial with a higher court.
The case has been brought before the...
AT&T remains confident of midyear close
Despite countless delays, AT&T’s pending $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV looks to remain on track as the companies filed extensions on the “termination date” of the planned deal as it has now passed the one-year mark since it was...
