The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has issued a waiver loosening its irrevocable standby letter of credit (LOC) requirements for the $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in a unanimous decision, ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) exceeded its statutory authority in requiring, as part of a new foreign sponsorship...more
7/26/2022
/ Broadcasting ,
China ,
Communications Act of 1934 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FCC ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Governments ,
Russia ,
Sponsors ,
Statutory Authority ,
Television Broadcast Stations ,
Verification Requirements
For the first time in decades, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is auctioning highly valuable 2.5 GHz mid-band spectrum. The 2.5 GHz spectrum being auctioned is the same 2.5 GHz spectrum bands that T-Mobile uses to...more
Today, President Biden signed a sweeping Executive Order containing 72 directives for more than a dozen federal agencies to impose regulations, largely aimed at Big Tech and Telecom to reshape and promote competition within...more
7/16/2021
/ Antitrust Division ,
Biden Administration ,
Big Tech ,
Broadband ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Net Neutrality ,
Telecommunications ,
Transparency
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted significant gaps in the availability of broadband access faced by millions of rural and low-income Americans, and the vulnerability of our broadband networks to single points of failure and...more
This week marks a stunning (literally) transition in our three-month COVID-19 State Closure/Reopening Project. Every state in the country is now squarely in the process of going green — reopening all sectors of their...more
6/12/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Economic Downturn ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Public Health ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Recessions ,
Shelter-In-Place ,
State and Local Government ,
World Health Organization
In a surprise move, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai joined up last week with Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Christopher Krebs to...more
6/5/2020
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Essential Functions ,
FCC ,
Guidance Update ,
Homeland Security Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Social Distancing ,
Telecommunications
Over the last two weeks, COVID-19 state business closure orders, which we are tracking on our 50-State interactive guide, and their related stay at home orders, have come at a fast and furious pace. From just a handful at...more
Yesterday, we advised that the Federal Communications Commission had extended the deadline for uploading Issues/Programs Lists to stations’ online public files to January 30, 2019....more
The FCC has resumed normal operations after the end of the recent partial government shutdown. During the shutdown, broadcast stations were unable to upload documents to the FCC’s online public files, including the 4th...more
C-Band Registration Filing Window Closes October 17, 2018 -
Cable operators, Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs), radio and/or video broadcasters, video programmers, and other Fixed Satellite Service (FSS)...more