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What’s New in Wireless - July 2024

The wireless industry has revolutionized the way we connect, from facilitating teleworking, distance learning, and telemedicine to allowing the American public to interact virtually in almost all other aspects of their daily...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Hot Issues in 2024 for TMT Companies

2024 is shaping up to be a busy year in Washington for telecom, media and technology (TMT) companies. A number of notable topics will require public comment this year, including net neutrality, digital discrimination, data...more

Lerman Senter PLLC

All Providers Must Submit Expanded Filing in Robocall Mitigation Database by February 26, 2024

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The Federal Communications Commission has set a February 26, 2024 filing deadline for all providers in the call chain, regardless of STIR/SHAKEN status or whether they have the facilities to implement STIR/SHAKEN, to file...more

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A New National Spectrum Strategy for the United States | Insights

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Over the past few decades, as demand for wireless spectrum has grown, many presidential administrations have put out various plans for handling spectrum policy. On November 13, 2023, the Biden administration released its...more

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Preparing for a New Era in Satellite Services: The FCC Updates Spectrum Sharing Rules for NGSO FSS Satellites

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made a long-awaited revision to its rules for spectrum sharing among non-geostationary (NGSO) fixed-satellite service (FSS) satellite constellations. A Report and Order and...more

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Government Officials Evaluate Spectrum Management at NTIA’s Spectrum Policy Symposium

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On September 19, 2022, NTIA convened its fifth annual Spectrum Policy Symposium at which senior government officials from the Department of Commerce, NTIA, FCC, DoD, and other agencies spoke on U.S. spectrum management....more

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FCC Expands Satellite Use of 17 GHz Spectrum

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The Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules to expand the use of spectrum in the 17 gigahertz band to transmit data to Earth. This decision allows the spectrum, which previously had been reserved for feeder...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

FCC Initiates Inquiry to Explore Spectrum Needs of Offshore Windfarms, Oil Rigs, and Other Offshore Infrastructure

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In a recent Notice of Inquiry, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) signaled that it may free up radio spectrum for offshore broadband networks and connectivity to land-based systems to support next...more

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Apply for 2.5 GHz Spectrum License Over Your Tribal Lands

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Tribal governments in rural areas, with a population of 50,000 or less, have until Aug. 3, 2020, to apply for a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to directly access unassigned spectrum over their lands....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Procedures Announced for Tribes to Apply for 2.5 GHz Spectrum

We have previously issued several alerts regarding the ability of eligible tribal entities to apply for certain airwave licenses that can be used for wireless internet access and other services. The window for applying for...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Priority Filing Deadline Set for Tribes’ Access to Spectrum

As we previously reported, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will provide rural tribes with an opportunity to apply for free wireless airwaves in the 2.5 GHz band. The FCC has now set the window during which...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Government Urges Tribes to Apply for Free Access to Spectrum

On Sept. 18, 2019, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a hearing on tribal access to spectrum. Spectrum are slices of airwaves used to send signals to wireless devices like smartphones. One of the key messages was...more

Hogan Lovells

28 GHz Auction Nears Conclusion

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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission auctions wireless broadband spectrum to the highest bidders, and the agency’s latest spectrum auction continues to march toward a conclusion. ...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC Plans to Classify Texting as an Information Service, Take Action on Robocalls, Spectrum, and Rural Broadband at December...

The FCC plans to take aim again at unwanted texts and robocalls at its next meeting scheduled for December 12, 2018. Unwanted robocalls and texting consistently top the list of complaints received by the FCC and that has...more

Pillsbury - CommLawCenter

FCC Retunes Rules For Citizens Broadband Radio Service

Originally intended as an “innovation band” for the testing of new wireless broadband services, the Citizen Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) was created in 2015 to permit commercial and federal spectrum users to operate in the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Adopts Final Licensing Rules for 3.5 GHz (CBRS) Shared Spectrum Band

On Tuesday, October 23, the FCC adopted a Report and Order modifying licensing and operational rules in the 3.5 GHz band, known as the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS)....more

Mintz - ML Strategies

ML Strategies 2018 Outlook: Telecommunications

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Even though Congress spent much of last year focused on a number of bigger-picture priorities including healthcare, tax reform, and appropriations, lawmakers also developed a number of telecom-related bills. Recently,...more

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Boletín Mensual de Telecomunicaciones - Julio 2017

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Las siguientes publicaciones fueron hechas por autoridades del gobierno federal durante Julio de 2017 en relación con el Sector de Telecomunicaciones de México...more

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Mexico Telecommunications Update - July 2017

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The following announcements were made by public government authorities in July 2017 regarding Mexico's telecommunications sector...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Communications: 2016 Could Be Defining Year for Net Neutrality, Spectrum Auction"

Last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) closed in on two historic accomplishments. After years of laying the groundwork, the FCC issued its net neutrality regulations as well as final rules and opening bid...more

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