CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC’s December Meeting Agenda Includes Emergency Alerts, Satellite Broadband and E-Rate Items

The FCC released a streamlined agenda for its next Commission Open Meeting, scheduled for December 14, 2021. The agency will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) and Notice of Inquiry regarding how to…

FCC Closes Out the Summer With STIR/SHAKEN Revocation in August Open Meeting

Today, the FCC is holding its last Open Meeting of the summer. Here is the agenda . The meeting will first consider a Public Notice to establish two new Innovation Zones for experimental licenses in Boston, MA and…

FCC’s May Open Meeting Addresses Prison Phone Rates, Video Relay Service Rates, Robocall Restrictions, and Mixed Universal Service Fund Support Transaction Conditions

The FCC Open Meeting, scheduled for May 20, 2021 and led by Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, includes four agenda items and two enforcement actions. First, the FCC will consider a Third Report and Order, Order…

FCC Highlights Reallocating the 5.9 GHz Band at November Open Meeting

Headlining the FCC’s next open meeting, scheduled for November 18 is an item to adopt proposed rules to reallocate the 5.9 GHz band. The FCC would repurpose the lower 45 megahertz of the band for unlicensed use, while…

FCC Sets New Rates for IP CTS Compensation and Proposes New Minimum Service Standards

At its September 30 Open Meeting, the FCC took new steps to address costs and service quality related to its IP Captioned Telephone Services (IP CTS) program in a Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Further…