CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Issues Detailed Instructions for All International 214 Holders to Respond to the Commission’s Mandatory Ownership Information Collection (by January 22, 2024)

In our post last week, we explained the deadline has been established for the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC’s” or “Commission’s) mandatory ownership information collection (“Information Collection”)…

FCC Rejects Request for More Time to Comment on the International Section 214 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

In a recent blog post and in our August 14, 2023, Advisory regarding upcoming FCC filings, we noted that the August 31 st deadline for comments on the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), adopted in IB Docket…

USF News: FCC Announces Enhanced Alternative Connect America Cost Model Program

On July 24, 2023, in a Report and Order, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Notice of Inquiry (FCC 23-60), the Commission announced the Enhanced Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) program to promote the…

Deadline in FCC’s Rulemaking Regarding International 214 Holders and Applications Established

In an earlier blog, we summarized a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) the Federal Communications Commission “(FCC” or Commission”) released following its April 2023 Open Meeting. The NPRM foreshadows a potentially…

FCC Abandons 2015 Forfeiture Policy Statement in Favor of Case-by-Case Approach

While no one is likely to bemoan the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s or Commission’s) May 30, 2023, Memorandum Opinion and Order (MO&O) to vacate the 2015 Forfeiture Policy Statement that had adopted a…