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C-Band Earth Stations: The FCC Made the List; It’s Worth Checking It Twice

USA - July 7 2020 Incumbent earth stations operating in the 3700-4000 MHz range are entitled to have eligible space station operators provide a turnkey solution to…

COVID-19: What Communications Service Providers Need to Know - July 6, 2020

USA - July 6 2020 On July 1, 2020, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (“WCB”) approved 70 additional funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program.

FCC Previews a Jam-Packed July Open Meeting with National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Call Blocking, and Supply Chain Items Leading the Agenda

USA - July 2 2020 The FCC is moving full steam ahead this summer with a jam-packed agenda for its next open meeting, scheduled for July 16, 2020. Headlining the…

COVID-19: What Communications Service Providers Need to Know - June 29, 2020

USA - June 29 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly unfolds, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has been active to keep communications services available…

Beginning of a TCPA Clean-Up? FCC Sets Another Robocall Blocking Item for Vote While Addressing Two of Nearly Three Dozen Pending Petitions

USA - June 26 2020 On the same day that the FCC set a call blocking declaratory ruling for vote at its July 2020 Open Meeting, the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental…

COVID-19: What Communications Service Providers Need to Know - June 22, 2020

USA - June 22 2020 On June 17, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved 62 additional funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program…

COVID-19: What Communications Service Providers Need to Know - June 15, 2020

USA - June 15 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly unfolds, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has been active to keep communications services available…

Comment Date on Refresh of Team Telecom Reform Proceeding Approaches

USA - June 10 2020 The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) seeks to refresh the record in a long-dormant 2016 proceeding that sought to lend greater certainty to…

Proposed Wireless Infrastructure Item Clarifies Rules Concerning Local Reviews to Speed 5G Deployments

USA - June 4 2020 A draft Declaratory Ruling and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”), if adopted, would clarify the agency’s 2014 rules governing the process state…

Section 230 Executive Order Strikes Back at Twitter, But Legal Impact Likely to be Limited

USA - June 2 2020 In a move spurred by Twitter’s decision to fact-check a pair of President Trump’s tweets, the president recently signed a multi-pronged “Executive…