NTIA Report on Spectrum Repurposing
NTIA released the first annual report showing continuing efforts to repurpose parts of the nation’s radiofrequency spectrum to meet the future communications needs of commercial and federal users. The report shows that the United States already leads the world in spectrum available for 5G technology and is working to more-than-double the radio spectrum available for the next generation of wireless network technology.
Read MoreTopics: Connect USVI Fund, 5G, Direct Broadcast Satellite Service, NTIA Spectrum Repurposing, Access Arbitrage, 3.5 GHz Auction Procedures, FCC September Open Meeting Agenda, Digital Technology Markets
FCC’s Rosenworcel Releases New Podcast
Topics: rural broadband, FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel, FCC Broadband Conversations Podcast, Broadband Funding, Broadband Mapping
FTC Settles Privacy Shield Complaints
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached settlement agreements with five companies over allegations that they falsely claimed certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, which establishes a process to allow companies to transfer consumer data from European Union countries to the United States in compliance with EU law.
Read MoreTopics: FCC Form 477, Interconnected VoIP, ILECs, CLECs, FTC Privacy Shield, Voice Telephone Services Report, over-the-top
FTC Revises List of Companies Subject to Broadband Privacy Study
The Federal Trade Commission has revised the list of companies from which it is seeking information as part of its examination of broadband companies’ privacy practices.
Read MoreTopics: FCC Form 477, Internet Access Services Status Report, Broadband Privacy Study
FCC Activates Disaster Information Reporting for Tropical Storm (now Hurricane) Dorian
The FCC announced the activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) in response to tropical storm Dorian. DIRS is a voluntary, web-based system that communications providers, including wireless, wireline, broadcast, cable and Voice over Internet Protocol providers, can use to report communications infrastructure status and situational awareness information during times of crisis.
Read MoreTopics: DIRS, FCC Disaster Information Reporting System, AOS, Alternative Operator Service, HCSM
FCC Proposed Fines Against Three WISPs for Interference
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau announced proposed fines related to devices that apparently caused interference to the Federal Aviation Administration’s terminal doppler weather radar station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Enforcement Bureau proposed three separate $25,000 fines against wireless Internet service providers Boom Solutions, Integra Wireless, and WinPR.
Read MoreTopics: rural broadband, broadband, FCC Enforcement Bureau, Wireless Internet Service Provider, WISP, Tribal lands
51 State Attorneys General and 12 Major Carriers Announce Anti-Robocall Principles
In a press release the Attorney General of North Carolina announced they joined 50 other Attorneys General and 12 phone companies to create a set of principles aimed at thwarting illegal robocalls. In the release the AG advised that the phone companies have agreed to adopt eight principles to fight illegal robocalls.
Read MoreTopics: FTC, SHAKEN/STIR, Anti-Robocall Principles, 2020 DNC Registry Fees
Arkansas Robocalling Workshop Agenda
The Arkansas Public Service Commission announced the Agenda for its Educational Workshop to be held on August 22-23, 2019, beginning at 10:00 a.m. each day, in the Hearing Room of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, 1000 Center Street, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Read MoreTopics: robocalling, Arkansas Workshop, Maine Net Neutrality
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California PUC Announces New President
Topics: NTIA, 911 Outages, California PUC News Release, CenturyLink Outage, 2019 Spectrum Policy Symposium
FCC Recommends Designating 988 as the Dialing Code for the Suicide Prevention Hotline
The FCC announced that its Staff sent a Report Congress which recommends that the FCC consider designating 988 as the 3-digit dialing code to be used for a nationwide suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. The report, mandated by the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018, finds that such a 3-digit number “would likely make it easier for Americans in crisis to access potentially life-saving resources.”
Read MoreTopics: FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, BroadbandUSA, National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018, 988
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