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Self-congratulating FCC commissioners portrayed their decisions on microwave relocation and AT&T's reclassification at last Thursday's open meeting as proof of their aggressive stewardship of the telecom industry's transition from regulation [...]

Executive Summary: House and Senate staffers continue to chart out possible telecom-reform paths prior to next month's gaveling of the 104th Congress. Most are speaking softly but are carrying big [...]

Executive Summary: A General Accounting Office (GAO) study of the decisionmaking process at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a good news/bad news scenario. The good news is that the [...]

Executive Summary: AT&T and McCaw, two giants in the U.S. telecom industry, said last November they would form an alliance to take advantage of global opportunities. Last week, in a [...]

Since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its 'National Broadband Plan' in 2010, the agency has been aggressively trying to make more spectrum available for broadband. Besides exploring various allocation [...]

The FCC last week rejected SBC Communications Inc.'s [SBC] application to provide long-distance service in Oklahoma. The commission agreed with the Justice Department's (DoJ's) conclusions, saying that SBC has failed [...]

Universal Service, numbering plans, number portability and bureaucratic-streamlining items dominated the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) Open Meeting last Thursday. FCC Chairman Reed Hundt, however, spent more time stressing his agency's [...]

Telecommunications legislation was reported out of the House Commerce Committee last Thursday, bolstered by a 38-5 vote of approval, yet stigmatized by the lack of resolution surrounding universal service issues. [...]

The FCC's usefulness and very existence is under assault from Republican lawmakers and policy wonks, as both circulate plans around Washington with the intent of eventually abolishing the 61-year-old agency. [...]

Executive Summary: Assessment of the 103rd Congress, which ends this month, shows that pressure from congressional sources may have forced the Clinton administration to back away from telecommunications legislation. Pressure [...]

Executive Summary: The FCC has concluded that GTE must file Open Network Architecture (ONA) plans similar to those filed by RHCs. The commission ruled that the mainly rural carrier now [...]

Major items and significant proceedings under development or review at the Federal Communications Commission as of Nov. 1, 1993. ---------- Please note: Illustration(s) are not available due to copyright [...]

No Disruption to GPS Any confusion regarding the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) stance on GPS interference was made clear when FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski told reporters that the agency would [...]

By Ron Hranac, Senior Technology Editor Did you know the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has required digital signals carried on most cable networks to meet certain technical performance parameters, and [...]

By Brett Glass The FCC's National Broadband Plan - while containing some factual errors and a few concessions to political convenience - is by and large a well- considered and [...]

Executive Summary: Judge Harold Greene, who has been steward for the industry's modified final judgment for a dozen years, may soon have to determine when a telephone company is no [...]

Politicians and regulatory officials alike are pondering how next to approach network neutrality following the recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decision that ruled in [...]

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed tighter rules governing unsolicited recorded telephone solicitation, or 'robocalls.' These proposals would require sellers and telemarketers to obtain written consent from recipients before making [...]

Late last month, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, held a legislative hearing to discuss his draft legislation addressing wireless consumer […]

U.K. regulator Ofcom has released a study of what to do with all that nice wireless spectrum that's going to be freed between 2008 and 2012 as the U.K. ends […]

By Brendan McGarry, The Center for Public Integrity On July 31, the Federal Communications Commission voted on rules that could radically change the type of Internet services and mobile devices […]

By Hugh Carter Donahue, Ph.D. The interoperability of devices and applications in facilities-based competition guides Federal Communications Commission policy architecting investment and innovation for the 700 MHz band. In its […]

M2Z Networks, NetfreeUS LLC, NextWave Broadband Inc., Commnet Wireless LLC, McElroy Electronics Corp., Open Range Communications Inc. and TowerStream Corporation saw their proposals to build a nationwide wireless broadband network […]

In a much-anticipated Second Report & Order adopted last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revised the 700 MHz band plan and service rules 'to promote the creation of a […]

A new group of veteran wireless entrepreneurs - the Wireless Founders Coalition for Innovation - has sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin to provide its 'real-world' […]

In the ongoing discussion of what really should be done with the 700 MHz spectrum set to be auctioned by the end of the year, search engine Google thinks it […]

During its monthly meeting that almost didn't happen on the day it was scheduled, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Report and Order and a Further Notice of Proposed […]

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) have introduced the 'Interoperable Emergency Communications Act,' aimed at providing the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) […]

Byline: Ken Magill The Associated Press ran a piece yesterday-and other outlets picked up the story today-in which the European Commission claimed, among other things, that Holland was able to [...]

Claiming that it was trying to maintain consumer privacy and control, the Mobile Marketing Association and CTIA--The Wireless Association released their 'Best Practices Guidelines for Cross-Carrier Mobile Content Services' last […]

Mississippi lawmakers are in an uproar over the apparent lapsing of the state's do-not-call law. The Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act, which requires renewal every two years, will expire on June [...]

Late last week, the FCC released the text of its rebanding decision aimed at lessening the congestion on public-safety airwaves. As we predicted, those who opposed the way commissioners handled […]

Rest assured that the Federal Communications Commission isn't a fan of wireless carriers asking for additional waivers of enhanced 911 deadlines. But the FCC is giving rural operators more time […]