CommLaw Monitor
E-rate Is at the Top of the Commission’s December Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission recently announced its agenda for the next Open Commission Meeting, scheduled for Thursday, December 11 th . The first item on the Commission’s agenda will be an update to the…
Form 477 Filing Interface Reopens; Deadline to File Set for December 11
On November 20, 2014, the FCC released a Public Notice announcing that the FCC Form 477 Local Competition and Broadband Report filing interface, which had been unavailable since October 7 due to ongoing technical…
Draft E-rate Order Will Be Circulated at December Commission Meeting
After adopting the E-rate Modernization Order in July, Chairman Wheeler announced that the Commission is poised to take the next step in updating the E-rate program for schools and libraries. At the Commission’s next…
Obama Enters the Net Neutrality Ring with a Call for Title II Reclassification
After months of cryptic messages ostensibly in support of new open Internet rules (a policy colloquially known as “net neutrality”), on November 10th, President Obama issued a formal policy statement on the Federal…
FCC Eases Process for Tower Construction and Wireless Infrastructure Deployment
At the FCC’s October Open Meeting on October 17, the Commission unanimously adopted a Report and Order to update its rules and procedures for new and modified antenna structures. In the News Release following the vote,…