CommLaw Monitor
In a Prelude to its TCPA Ruling, the FCC Votes to Create a Database to Identify Reassigned Numbers
With speculation running rampant that Chairman Pai intends to bring a remand order from ACA International v. FCC in January 2019, the FCC took a related step to reduce misdirected calls. At the December Open Meeting,…
After a 10-year Proceeding, the FCC Classifies Wireless Messaging as an Information Service
At the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) December Open Meeting, commissioners voted to approve a Declaratory Ruling (“Ruling”) that classifies native forms of wireless messaging, short message service (“SMS”)…
FCC Issues Draft Order on Next Spectrum Frontiers Auction
The FCC’s Spectrum Frontiers proceeding, which is focused on making millimeter wave (“mmW”) spectrum available for flexible commercial mobile and fixed use, seems poised to move into a new phase even as the current…
Podcast – FCC Enforcement Update, Episode 11: Perils for the Unwary
This edition of Full Spectrum’s recurring series on FCC enforcement addresses the legal dangers facing entities that may be unfamiliar with telecommunications regulation. We focus on a multi-million dollar DOJ fraud…
Federal Register Thaw: Dates Set for Comments in the FCC’s 3.7-4.2 GHz Band Rulemaking
After almost two months of anticipation, the Federal Register is expected to publish the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) concerning the future use of 3.7-4.2 GHz (the “4 GHz Band”) by the mobile, fixed, and…