CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FAA Streamlines NOTAM Process

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), through coordination with the FCC and other federal stakeholders, expects by mid-January 2015 to streamline the online process for submitting Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs).…

Trio of NALs for Antenna Structure Violations Highlight Application of Aggravating Factors - Being Bigger Is a Liability

The release of three notices of liability in the past two weeks regarding alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC's) antenna structure violations by the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau)…

Failure to Maintain Tower Lighting May Cost GCI $20,000

The FCC on Wednesday found General Communications, Inc. (“GCI”) apparently liable in the amount of $20,000 as a result of an unaddressed lighting malfunction on one of the carrier’s communications towers. In the Notice…