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FCC Broadband Data Collection Video Tutorials

On April 3, 2023, the FCC’s Broadband Data Task Force released video tutorials to assist providers of mobile broadband service with responding to challenges as part of the FCC’s Broadband Data Collection. According to these videos (links at the bottom) mobile providers will receive email notifications of challenges, to which they must respond or they […]

FCC, NTIA ESTABLISH SPECTRUM COORDINATION INITIATIVE

FCC, NTIA ESTABLISH SPECTRUM COORDINATION INITIATIVE New Actions by Chairwoman and Assistant Secretary Advance U.S. Spectrum Policymaking through Updated Procedures, Closer Coordination, and Information Sharing WASHINGTON, February 15, 2022—The Federal Communications Commission and National Telecommunications and Information Administration today announced a new initiative to improve U.S. government coordination on spectrum management. The Spectrum Coordination Initiative […]

FCC Advances Plan To Stop Most Chinese Equipment Sales

This article comes from Law360, a LexisNexis Company. The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday on a plan that could further restrict the flow of Chinese-made technologies into the U.S., kicking off a rulemaking to examine how the agency can hone its device approval rules “to help keep insecure devices off the market.” Acting FCC Chairwoman […]

FCC Pauses Trump-Era Sharing Plan For 4.9 GHz Band

READ HERE: FCC Pauses Trump-Era Sharing Plan For 4.9 GHz Band By Kelcee Griffis Law360 (May 28, 2021, 5:01 PM EDT) — In a 3-1 vote, the Federal Communications Commission quietly halted a Trump administration plan to open up a spectrum band currently dedicated to public safety, the 4.9 gigahertz band, for licensed sharing with the private sector. Without […]

Biden’s Cybersecurity Order Likely To Reach Beyond Gov’t

READ HERE: Biden’s Cybersecurity Order Likely To Reach Beyond Gov’t By Allison Grande Law360 (May 14, 2021, 9:56 PM EDT) — The Biden administration has taken a major step toward curtailing a growing scourge of cyberattacks with a new executive order that not only imposes heightened cybersecurity requirements on the federal government and its contractors but […]