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News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Open Meeting Recap: May

On today’s episode of Full Spectrum, the Kelley Drye Communications team will be discussing several of the matters raised at the FCC’s May 18, 2023 Open Meeting. First, Partner Chip Yorkgitis discusses the Commission’s…

Reconsideration of Subscriber-Level ACP Data Collection

A key aspect of the FCC’s ACP Transparency Data Collection rules may be in doubt if the FCC takes up a recent petition for reconsideration. In its Fourth Report and Order and FNPRM, the FCC adopted an aggregate-level…

Ding, Ding: Round 2 of the Telehealth Program Begins

The application window for Round 2 of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program opened today at 12PM ET and will close at 12 PM ET on Thursday, May 6, 2021 . As we have covered, the first round of funding was quickly…

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument Over the TCPA’s Definition of an Autodialer

For the second time this year, the TCPA came before the Supreme Court via teleconference oral argument in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, et al, Case No. 19-511 (2020). The Supreme Court’s disposition of Facebook’s…

FCC Opens New Chapter in Repurposing Spectrum in the 3 GHz Band

In the wake of the recent completion of the 3550-3650 MHz auction of Priority Access Licenses (“PALs”) in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (“CBRS”) making 70 megahertz of so-called mid-band spectrum available, and…