CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

The FCC’s Packed September Meeting Agenda Includes Focus on IoT Spectrum and Robocall Prevention

The FCC released a full agenda for its next Commission Open Meeting, scheduled for September 30, 2021. The agency will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) to improve the Wireless Network Resiliency…

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…

Details of Mandatory Network Outage Obligations for Submarine Cable Operators Released

As we noted in a prior post, on June 24, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted new mandatory network outage reporting requirements for submarine cable licensees. The Commission’s Submarine…

FCC Imposes Mandatory Network Outage Reporting Requirements on Submarine Cable Licenses

The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) today adopted mandatory network outage reporting requirements for submarine cable licensees less than a year after proposing to do so . This mandatory reporting…

FCC Announces March 31 International Circuit Capacity Report Filing Deadline and Update to International Circuit Capacity Report Filing Manual

By Public Notice released February 25, the Federal Communications Commission’s (“Commission” or “FCC”) International Bureau (“Bureau”) reminded filers that the annual Section 43.62 International Circuit Capacity Report…