Some Notable Changes Made to the "One Touch Make-Ready" Rules and Declaratory Ruling Prohibiting State and Local Moratoria on Wireline and Wireless Deployment - Note: This advisory has been updated to reflect that the ILEC...more
On July 29, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) released a Declaratory Ruling clarifying certain aspects of its rules governing the deployment of communications...more
The FCC today adopted a Second Report and Order in its Commercial Leased Access (CLA) proceeding that modifies the existing rate formula for cable operators providing CLA channels. The core rate formula remains unchained—it...more
In response to COVID-19, local governments across the country have imposed moratoria on work in the ROW, or have closed permitting offices or public works departments altogether. In some places, we understand that utility...more
The FCC recently reminded television broadcasters and multichannel video program distributors (MVPDs) of the importance of providing accessible televised emergency information amid concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic....more
Cable operators seeking access to existing utility easements on private property recently received some good news. ...more
On February 12, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Public Notice to service providers and equipment manufacturers as a reminder to maintain records on compliance efforts to make their technology...more
On October 1, 2019, a divided panel of the D.C. Circuit issued a lengthy per curiam decision that largely upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Restoring Internet Freedom order, issued by the agency in early...more
The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, which updated the Communications Act to provide persons with disabilities access to new technologies, spawned numerous rulemakings at the Federal...more
Pennsylvania will become the twenty-first state to certify to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it regulates third-party attachments to electric utility and telephone poles. ...more
On Monday August 12, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Enforcement Bureau issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order in MAW Communications, Inc. v. PPL Electric Utilities Corp., finding that PPL had unlawfully denied...more
By no later than April 1, 2019, covered service providers and equipment manufacturers must submit accessibility recordkeeping compliance certifications and contact information to the FCC....more
In 2013, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules requiring MVPDs to ensure, upon request of a subscriber, that navigation devices (set-top boxes) and pre-installed MVPD apps that provide on-screen text menus and...more
The FCC’s Open Internet Order (the “Order”) will impose several accessibility requirements on broadband Internet access service (BIAS) providers when it takes effect this week.
First, because the Order does not forbear...more
Some Notable Changes Made to the “One Touch Make-Ready” Rules and Declaratory Ruling Prohibiting State and Local Moratoria on Wireline and Wireless Deployment -
Late Friday the FCC released the text of its Third Report and...more
The FCC, at its Open Meeting today, adopted its Third Report and Order and Declaratory Ruling (“Order”) in the wireline infrastructure docket which, among other things, implements one-touch make-ready (“OTMR”) and prohibits...more
New “One Touch Make-Ready” Regime Proposed with Shortened Timeframes and Revised Terms for Completing Pole Attachment -
Draft Declaratory Ruling Would Prohibit State and Local Moratoria on Wireline and Wireless Deployment...more
Tuesday’s Federal Register publication of certain Hearing Aid Compatibility (“HAC”) rules imposing labelling, notification, certification, database registry and designated agent requirements for wireline handsets for advanced...more
After nearly ten years, the United Church of Christ Office of Communications, Inc. (“UCC”) finally withdrew its petition asking the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) to override an Office of Management and Budget...more
Through a recent Public Notice, the FCC reminded entities that provide traditional telecommunications services, interconnected VoIP, advanced communications services (ACS) (which includes non-interconnected VoIP, electronic...more
In a Report and Order released Tuesday, February 20, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) eliminated certain rules requiring cable operators and broadcasters to maintain paper copies of FCC rules, recognizing...more
The wheel that is U.S. policy on “net neutrality” has taken another turn. On November 22, 2017, the FCC released a draft of the Internet Freedom Order, which, when effective, will reverse the Commission’s 2015 Open Internet...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in which it proposed to streamline procedural rules for several types of formal complaint proceedings, including those...more
On September 18, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that would significantly change the procedural rules governing formal pole attachment complaint...more
Recognizing that vehicular and airport-based radar systems designed to prevent collisions should be free from interference and should be permitted to operate at optimum frequency levels, the FCC, in a Report & Order released...more