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News & Analysis as of May 22, 2013

FCC Establishes Procedures for Challenging Subsidies to Incumbents Under the Connect America Fund

by K.C. Halm | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/21/2013

The FCC has issued an order outlining the procedures by which broadband providers can challenge potential subsidies directed to incumbent providers in their service areas under the Connect America Fund (CAF) subsidy program....more

FCC Proposes to Establish New Air-to-Ground Mobile Broadband Service for Airline Travelers

by Darren Abernethy, Sallye Clark, Benjamin Griffin | Mintz Levin - Communications on 5/17/2013

In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued last week, the FCC proposed to establish a new, terrestrial-based, air-to-ground (“ATG”) mobile broadband service in the 14.0-14.5 GHz Ku-band, providing multi-gigabyte broadband...more

FCC Opens Proceeding to Explore Release of Additional Spectrum in 5 GHz Band for Use in “Gigabit” Wi-Fi Networks

by K.C. Halm, T. Scott Thompson | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 2/22/2013

On Feb. 20, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and initiated a proceeding to release 195 megahertz of additional spectrum for potential use by unlicensed devices...more

Skadden's 2013 Insights: Regulatory

by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/21/2013

Communications Law: The Relentless Pursuit of Broadband Competition - As the Obama administration enters its second term, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) is one of many federal agencies likely...more

Telecommunications in the 113th Congress

by David Leiter, Jeremy Rabinovitz, Rachel Sanford | Mintz Levin - Communications on 1/16/2013

The 112th Congress saw a lot of activity focused on new and changing technologies, but few legislative breakthroughs. Early in the year, there was significant activity around intellectual property and online piracy issues,...more

Federal Communications Commission Expands Availability of 400 Million Dollar Rural Health Care Support Mechanism

by Rebecca Jacobs, Mark Palchick | Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 1/8/2013

Executive Summary: The Federal Communications Commission has released an Order significantly expanding access to $400 million in funds available to health care providers for more accessible and affordable broadband services....more

FCC Establishes New Healthcare Connect Fund

by Russell Fox | Mintz Levin - Communications on 1/7/2013

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has created a new Healthcare Connect Fund (Fund), designed to expand health care provider (HCP) access to broadband technologies and to encourage the creation of broadband health...more

FCC Releases Decision on New Funding Program for Rural Health: Broadband Connectivity Prioritized and the Expansion of...

by Lisa Clark, Mitch Goldman, William K. (Ken) Keane, Michael A. Swit | Duane Morris LLP on 1/3/2013

Federal Communications Commission (FCC; the "Commission") decision making continues to be active in the area of telemedicine. Recently, on December 21, 2012, the agency released a lengthy decision updating its rules and...more

FCC Creates an Annual $400 Million Healthcare Connect Fund for Broadband Services and Infrastructure

by Richard A. Gibbs, Randall B. Lowe, James M. Smith | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 12/29/2012

On Dec. 21, the FCC released its long-awaited Report and Order reforming its funding mechanisms for rural health care by creating a Healthcare Connect Fund (HCF) of $400 million annually....more

FCC Launches Incentive Auction Proceeding to Free Spectrum for Mobile Broadband and Data

by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 10/9/2012

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) released the text of its plan to establish what has been billed as the world’s first incentive auction process to repurpose broadcast television spectrum for...more

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