Thursday, September 28, 2023

Delaware Privacy Law Makes a Dozen – or a Baker's Dozen?

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First State Governor John Carney signed the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (the DPDPA) into law on September 11, 2023. For those keepin...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Senate Bill Would Improve Permitting for Broadband Projects on Federal Land

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On September 21, Senators  John Barrasso  and  Kyrsten Sinema  introduced the Closing Long Overdue Streamlining Encumbrances to Help Expedit...
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

PRESS RELEASE: FCC Proposing to Reimpose Net Neutrality Regulations Is Foolhardy

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Free State Foundation Randolph May issued the following statement regarding FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel's proposal to reimpose net neutra...
Monday, September 25, 2023

Major Questions Doctrine Is a Major Obstacle to Net Neutrality Regulation

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On September 20, attorneys Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. and Ian Heath Gershengorn published a white paper titled " Title II 'Net Neutral...
Friday, September 22, 2023

USF Surcharge Rate Spikes to 34.5%

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On September 13, the FCC's Office of Managing Director   announced   that the Universal Service Fund (USF) contribution factor for the f...
Friday, September 15, 2023

SALE Act Would Put Valuable 2.5 GHz Band Spectrum Licenses into Use for 5G

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On September 14, Sen. John Kennedy introduced the 5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement   (SALE) Act  -- S. 2787 . The short and simpl...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

House Commerce Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Video Marketplace

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The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a hearing tomorrow at 2 pm ET entitled...
Monday, September 11, 2023

USTelecom Reports Record-Breaking Investment Broadband by Providers in 2022

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Capital expenditures by U.S. broadband providers surged to $102.4 billion in 2022, according to USTelecom's " 2022 Broadband Capex ...
Wednesday, September 06, 2023

How Do You Spell 'Unsustainable'? U-S-F!

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According to a  report in Communications Daily , the estimable analyst Billy Jack Gregg projects the "USF contribution factor" wil...
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Satellite and Webcasting Royalty Payments at Issue in Copyrighted Music Case

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On August 16, a lawsuit was filed for a case called   SoundExchange, Inc. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc . Plaintiff SoundExchange's complaint a...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Video Subscriber Updates Underscore Ongoing Shift to Streaming

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In a July 2023 Perspectives from FSF Scholars , I took aim at the core assumption underlying calls to expand the definition of a "Multi...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

AT&T Launches 5G Fixed Wireless Access Service

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On Tuesday, AT&T announced the introduction of AT&T Internet Air , its 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) home Internet service, in 16 ...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Court Adopts Pro-Competition, Pro-Innovation Standard on Cell Siting

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On July 14, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued its decision in   Cellco Partnership v. White Deer Township Zoning Hearin...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Support Grows for Extending the Affordable Connectivity Program

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The number of households participating in the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) has surpassed 20 million – up from over 17 million ju...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

Early Activation of Extra Licensed C-band Spectrum Will Enhance 5G Services and Competition

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On August 14, Verizon   announced   that it has gained access to all of the C-band spectrum that it acquired through the FCC's spectrum ...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Research on 5G and Radar in Lower 3 GHz Spectrum Band Supports Commercial Use

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Today, August 15, CTIA released a fascinating short  paper  that makes the case for authorizing commercial use of the 3.3-3.45 GHz band at f...
Monday, August 14, 2023

Blog Post Provides Update on Legal Battle in Blackbeard's Pirate Ship Case

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An August 10   blog post   by Stephen Carlisle catches up with the continuing case of   Cooper v. Allen , following the Supreme Court's ...