CommLaw Monitor
FCC’s March Open Meeting Highlights 3.45 GHz Band Auction
The FCC released the agenda for its next Open Meeting, scheduled for March 17, 2021. The March meeting will notably include a Report and Order that would reallocate 100 megahertz of prized mid-band spectrum in the 3.45…
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…
Comment Date on Refresh of Team Telecom Reform Proceeding Approaches
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) seeks to refresh the record in a long-dormant 2016 proceeding that sought to lend greater certainty to reviews by the group of Executive Branch agencies informally referred…
Section 230 Executive Order Strikes Back at Twitter, But Legal Impact Likely to be Limited
In a move spurred by Twitter’s decision to fact-check a pair of President Trump’s tweets, the president recently signed a multi-pronged “ Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship ” with the claimed intention of…
FCC Adopts Limited Sharing Arrangements in the Upper 37 GHz and 50 GHz Bands
At its April Open Meeting, the FCC approved a Fifth Report and Order (“R&O”) in the Spectrum Frontiers Proceeding that adopted sharing rules in two settings. The new rules will allow the federal government to deploy,…