U.S. Covid-19 relief bill provides $1.9 billion to rip/replace Huawei

The $900 billion coronavirus relief package approved by the U.S. Congress contains several provisions for telecommunications, including $1.9 billion to ...

CenturyLink to pay $500K for Dec 2018 outage

5 years ago

The FCC and CenturyLink agreed to settle a case involving a multistate outage on one of CenturyLink’s transport networks that ...

FCC adopts rules to secure communications

5 years ago

The FCC adopted rules to implement the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019, aimed at protecting the security ...

FCC’s C-Band spectrum auction gets underway

5 years ago

The FCC kicked off its auction of 280 megahertz of prime mid-band spectrum in the 3.7-3.98 GHz band—a portion of ...

U.S. Senate confirms Nathan Simington to FCC

5 years ago

The U.S. Senate 49-46 to confirm Nathan Simington to a seat on the Federal Communications Commission. He takes the seat ...

FCC’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund phase one auction

5 years ago

The FCC announced the results of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I auction in which cable operators, electric cooperatives, ...

FCC authorizes first Wi-Fi device for 6 GHz spectrum band

5 years ago

The FCC authorized the first Wi-Fi device for use in the 6 GHz spectrum band (5.925–7.125 GHz). Specifically, the FCC’s Office ...

FCC chairman Pai to step down in January

6 years ago

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that he intends to leave the FCC on January 20, 2021. Chairman Pai issued the ...

FCC opens 5.9 GHz band for Wi-Fi and C-V2X

6 years ago

The FCC adopted new rules for the 5.9 GHz band (5.850-5.925 GHz) to make new spectrum available for unlicensed uses, ...

FCC fines T-Mobile $200 million for Lifeline violations at Sprint

6 years ago

The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau imposed a $200 million fine on T-Mobile in connection with Sprint's non-compliance with rules ...