Washington – For the third time in five years, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments on the FCC’s attempt to maintain an open Internet Friday. The panel was led by Judge David Tatel, who wrote the opinion for the Comcast v. FCC in 2010, where the D.C. Circuit invalidated…
Washington — The House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology conducted an oversight hearing of the FCC last week. So far this year, the subcommittee has held several hearings regarding issues within the FCC’s purview. However, this is the first time in almost two years that all five FCC Commissioners were present for…
Washington – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it will review the business practices of several major broadband companies, who control the most crucial points of the Internet access pipeline. These high-capacity, “special access” lines provide dedicated, guaranteed transmission of high volumes of critical data for cell phone networks, workplaces, banks, libraries, and…
Washington, DC – The Computer & Communications Industry Association and Mozilla filed a joint amicus curiae brief in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday supporting the FCC in the legal challenge to the Commission’s Open Internet order. CCIA and Mozilla’s friend-of-the-court brief argues that from a technological and legal perspective, the FCC’s order is…
As mobile broadband has increasingly become an integral part of the modern U.S. economy and of Americans’ lives, the spectrum needed to provide it has become a critically important resource. Next year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be holding an auction of quality low-band spectrum, which will be a once-in-a-generation opportunity to ensure a…
Seven or eight years ago, the most active companies in the first Open Internet Coalition were Amazon, eBay, Google and Skype. Twitter was barely a twinkle and I don’t know how I really lived without Pandora. Courts threw out both consensus FCC principles around Internet access rights and its 2010 open Internet rules. But failure…
Washington – Standing up to heavy lobbying by large Internet access providers, the FCC voted today to protect Internet access for households and small businesses. The FCC was created by Congress as an independent agency to ensure all Americans’ access to both wired and wireless communications services and this bold action finally employs its fundamental…
Washington – FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler confirmed in an article in Wired today that he will ask the FCC to classify broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act. The change would allow the FCC to prohibit Internet access providers from engaging in commercial discrimination and acting as gatekeepers…
Washington – Late last year, while reauthorizing satellite carriage of TV signals, Congress instructed the FCC to update its rules on interoperability for TV navigation devices. Implementing the new law, the FCC has just announced the members of its Downloadable Security Technology Advisory Committee (DSTAC). They will be expected to come up with consensus standards…
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