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Maynard Nexsen

FCC Launches Sweeping Deregulation Proceeding

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On March 12, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman, Brendan Carr, announced a “massive deregulation initiative” that puts all agency rules and guidance on the table for reconsideration. The agency is...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Delete, Delete, Delete: FCC Announces Deregulatory Initiative

On March 12, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a new deregulatory initiative through a Public Notice titled “In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete.” In this Public Notice, the FCC solicits public comments on...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FCC Sets Comment Deadlines for Satellite Orbital Debris Mitigation Rules

- The FCC’s Report and Order and FNPRM on satellite orbital debris mitigation, previously adopted on April 23, 2020, were published in the Federal Register on August 25. - This action now sets an October 9, 2020 deadline...more

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FCC Paves the Way for New Broadband Wi-Fi Services in the 6 GHz Band

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In response to great interest from Silicon Valley, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has released draft rules that would make valuable spectrum available for unlicensed wireless broadband services (i.e.,...more

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FCC Urged to Take Action on Litigation-Fueling Autodialer Issue Under TCPA

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Retailer groups, including the National Retail Foundation, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Restaurant Law Center, are part of a coalition urging the Federal Communications Commission to clarify what constitutes an...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

FCC Signals It May Be Prepared to Greatly Expand Its Proposed Ban on Huawei and ZTE Equipment

As previously reported, the FCC’s ban of Huawei and ZTE equipment and services from projects subsidized by the FCC’s Universal Service Fund (USF) became effective on January 3, 2020, following the publication of its December...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

FCC To Assess Tribal Engagement Process

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comment on ways to improve the dialogue between tribes and carriers that provide subsidized telephone and broadband services to tribal areas using federal universal...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

FCC Considers Restrictions on Arrangements Between Building Owners and Broadband Providers

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has launched a review of arrangements between building owners and communications companies that govern the provision of communication services to building tenants. The purpose of...more

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FCC Approves Rule That Would Permit Cable Providers to Send More Notices via Email

In an effort to modernize communications, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) decided to allow cable operators to deliver general subscriber notices required under so-called Subpart T rules (47 CFR §§ 76.1601 et...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

FCC Takes First Of Two Actions: Could Cost Local Government Billions in Next Decade - Communities Coalition Forming Now

The FCC today released a Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that, if adopted, would allow cable operators to deduct the value of in-kind contributions from cable franchise fee payments, and would limit the authority of...more

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Proposal for FCC Rules for UAS Command and Control Spectrum

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking public comment on a proposal by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) to adopt service rules for the use of 5030-5091 MHz by small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS). ...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

FCC Actions Affecting Building Owners

Owners and managers of multi-tenant environments (“MTEs”), such as apartment buildings, filed initial comments in the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) proceeding to reexamine various types of arrangements between...more

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FCC Proposes Reform of Radiofrequency Equipment Authorization Rules

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Faced with the rapid growth of increasingly complex wireless products, the FCC proposes to upgrade its equipment authorization program to prevent harmful interference without stifling innovation and product development....more

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FCC Proposal for Internet Video Programming Could Threaten Cable Franchise Fees

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The Federal Communications Commission, in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking released this month, requested public input about whether it should classify certain Internet-based video programmers as “multichannel video...more

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FCC Announces Effective Date for CAF Program Reforms and Seeks Comments on CAF Program Proposed Rules

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On July 9, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) published the Connect America Fund Program (“CAF”) Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, Order, Memorandum Opinion and Order, Seventh Order on...more

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