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Podcast: Sizing up the FCC in 2021
The upcoming election will bring changes to the FCC, regardless of which party wins the White House. In this episode of Kelley Drye’s Full Spectrum, the Communications group is joined by Dana Wood, co-chair of Kelley…
Podcast: Closing the Digital Divide and Enabling Connected Life
Americans who lack high-speed broadband internet access are caught on the wrong side of the “ Digital Divide,” with students facing a “homework gap” and adults, and even entire communities, facing an “opportunity gap”…
FCC Proposes 5G Fund for Rural Wireless Networks, But Timing Remains Uncertain
The FCC plans to create a new “5G Fund” offering up to $9 billion over ten years to support the deployment of wireless broadband and voice services in rural and other hard-to-serve areas. Under a Notice of Proposed…
FCC Votes on Possible Changes to the Rural Health Care Program
At its last open meeting in 2017, the five FCC Commissioners unanimously voted to adopt a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and Order regarding the Commission’s Rural Health Care (RHC) Program, a 20-year old…
Commission Adopts Long-Awaited Mobility Fund Phase II
On February 23, 2017, during the second open meeting under Chairman Ajit Pai, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) unanimously approved an order launching the long-awaited second phase of the…