Huawei Fights United States Funding Ban in Court
Chinese tech giant Huawei has asked a U.S. federal court to throw out a rule that bars rural phone carriers from using government money to buy its equipment, on security grounds.
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Pittsburgh appealed to the Ninth Circuit an FCC regulation involving revenue from cable companies.
Read moreHigh-Speed Internet Still Rare in Parts of Rural Texas
Large swaths of rural Texas continue to lag far behind the state’s major metropolitan areas when it comes to high-speed internet, at a time when the United Nations considers online access to be a basic human right.
Read moreJustices Call for Test Case on VOIP Regulation Void
The Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a case over Voice Over Internet Protocol regulations, but two justices called for another case to test whether states can step in the absence of federal law.
Read moreDC Circuit Hands FCC Partial Victory in Net Neutrality Fight
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday largely upheld the Trump administration’s rollback of Obama-era net neutrality rules, saying the Federal Communications Commission was within its authority to redefine broadband internet services for regulatory purposes but cannot block states from implementing their own rules.
Read morePanel Slams FCC Move to Ease Media Ownership Rules
The Federal Communications Commission implemented sweeping rule changes for media ownership without taking into account how they negatively affect female and minority ownership, the Third Circuit ruled Monday.
Read moreFCC Fines Networks for Wrongly Using Emergency Alert System
Jimmy Kimmel has learned an expensive lesson: don’t mess with the government’s emergency alert system.
Read moreFCC Walloped for Nixing Construction Reviews on 5G Facilities
Siding with a group of Native American tribes, the D.C. Circuit reinstated environmental and historical review requirements Friday for the construction of new 5G wireless facilities.
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Senators Urge FCC to Maintain Quake Wireless Alert Speeds
A group of U.S. senators from the West Coast is urging the government to ensure that planned changes to the national Wireless Emergency Alert system do not impair its ability to provide rapid warnings about earthquakes.
Read moreSpam Case Not Ready for Prime Time, Justices Say
The Supreme Court punted Thursday in a case where a chiropractic office that was faxed an advertisement for the Physicians’ Desk Reference, a staple of most medical offices, brought a class action decrying the message as spam.
Read moreStates Sue to Stop Sprint Merger With T-Mobile
A coalition of state attorneys general took to federal court Tuesday to block a proposed $26.5 billion merger between telecommunication giants T-Mobile and Sprint.
Read moreFCC Rule Change That Hurt Minorities Fought at 3rd Circuit
Urging the Third Circuit to chuck local television ownership and radio-television cross-ownership rules, a lawyer argued Tuesday that they have brought minority and female ownership of broadcast media to abysmal lows.
Read moreFCC Gives Phone Companies End-Run to Fight Robocalls
Answering a growing call from the public and their representatives in Congress, the Federal Communications Commission paved the way Thursday for phone companies to block robocalls without getting permission first from their customers.
Read moreFCC Chairman Backs $26.5 Billion T-Mobile-Sprint Merger
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said Monday he backs T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of rival wireless carrier Sprint, a crucial step for the deal’s approval.
Read moreDirecTV Asks Court to Nix Class Status in Robocall Case
An attorney for DirecTV asked an 11th Circuit panel Tuesday to overturn a ruling granting class certification to consumers who say the satellite-TV giant made thousands of unwanted, automated telemarketing calls.
Read moreFCC to Hold Big 5G Auction, Spend $20B for Rural Internet
The U.S. government will hold a massive auction later this year to bolster 5G service, the next generation of mobile networks. President Donald Trump showcased the announcement Friday, declaring that the race to stand up these faster, more powerful networks is a competition “America must win.”
Read moreHigh Court Considers Deference to Agencies in Spam Case
In a case involving a publisher sued for faxing an advertisement to a chiropractic office, the justices of the Supreme Court questioned Monday whether a federal law really prevents federal district courts from interpreting the orders of some administrative agencies.
Read moreTribes Vie at DC Circuit for Input on Telecom Work
A lawyer for the Federal Communications Commission may have overplayed the agency’s hand Friday at the D.C. Circuit in denying that a 2018 rule change would endanger sites sacred to Native Americans.
Read moreDemocrats Launch Uphill Battle to Restore Net Neutrality
House lawmakers heard an endorsement of net neutrality Tuesday from a small internet service provider, but Republicans on the committee offered poor odds of Congress restoring the Obama-era rules.
Read moreDemocrats Release Plan to Restore Net Neutrality Rule
Democrats in the House and Senate on Wednesday unveiled a new bill that would write into law an Obama-era net neutrality rule the Federal Communications Commission repealed in late 2017.
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