The FCC Wireline Bureau denied petitions from Connecticut, Georgia, Nebraska, New York and Vermont to postpone launch of the Lifeline national eligibility verifier scheduled for Wednesday, in an order Tuesday on docket 11-42. States worried the Lifeline NV…Subscribe to Read >>
Communications sector lobbyists and officials say they will be watching during and after the Senate Commerce Committee's planned Wednesday hearing on Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act reauthorization (see 1910160036) for any new signs of the direction committee…Subscribe to Read >>
Trade groups representing Connect America Fund ISP auction participants urged in interviews and filings with the FCC to fine-tune a draft order on reconsideration that would update broadband performance measurements for the rural, high-cost USF program. Commissioners vote on…Subscribe to Read >>
The FCC sees 6 GHz as critical to the future of Wi-Fi and unlicensed, said Chairman Ajit Pai at the Mobile World Congress in Los Angeles Tuesday. The band will provide “huge 160 MHz channels that could be used…Subscribe to Read >>
Offices of state attorneys general leading an antitrust investigation of Google plan to meet in Colorado to determine next steps, a state official told us Tuesday. The gathering could take place Nov. 11, though the date is in flux…Subscribe to Read >>
ISPs and state telecom authorities asked the FCC to delay the first-round auction for its $20 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund until it gets better broadband mapping data. In replies posted through Tuesday in docket 19-126, the California…Subscribe to Read >>
NPR, NAB and the Educational Media Foundation (EMF) have concerns about FCC proposals to update technical rules on low-power FM stations, posted through Tuesday in docket 19-193 for Monday’s NPRM comment deadline (see 1907310044). Representatives for LPFM entities…Subscribe to Read >>
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ATSC’s goal at NAB Show New York is “keeping the momentum going” for ATSC 3.0, “but also education,” which is why the “theme” of ATSC’s booth will be “Get Ready!” President Madeleine Noland told us Friday. As the 3.0…Read More >>
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