A Pair Can Channel Share, but Better Still Beware
The FCC has tuned up its TV channel-sharing rules in advance of the incentive auction. And there's more to come.… Continue Reading
Digital Transition Deadline for LPTV/TV Translators Officially Suspended
Class A deadlines remain in effect. Last October, we wrote about FCC proposals looking toward the future of Low Power Television (LPTV) stations after the upcoming incentive spectrum auction and associated repacking the TV spectrum into a smaller numbe...
FCC Reminder (Redux): Cell Phone Jammers Are STILL Illegal
Wi-Fi jammers, too! Having recently spanked Marriott for $600K for interrupting private Wi-Fi use at one of its hotel properties – concern about which presumably prompted Marriott to seek formal guidance about just how far they can go in managing...
The IP Transition: FCC Asks Practical Questions About Copper Retirement
NPRM seeks to address effects of discontinuance of copper-based services on consumers, competition. As many readers doubtless know (and as we have previously reported), the IP transition is underway: telecom carriers are shifting away from time divisio...
Comment Sought on Possible Expansion of Hearing Aid Compatibility Requirements
Out for comment: Shift to function-based, rather than technology-based, regulatory approach, and mandatory 100% HAC compliance The Wireless Telecommunications and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureaus are looking to refresh the record in a couple o...
Marriott Wants FCC Guidance on How Far Venues Can Go to Control Their Wi-Fi Networks
Petition for rulemaking follows $600,000 consent decree. Hotels, convention centers, universities, hospitals among those potentially affected. Last month we reported that the FCC had whacked Marriott Corporation for a cool $600,000 for messing with gue...
Rural Call Completion Update: FCC Grants One, Tosses Four Petitions for Reconsideration
As we reported just about a year ago, the FCC adopted a number of rules to address the problem of rural call completion or, more accurately, rural call non-completion. Many calls placed to numbers served by small rural telephone companies don’t s...
The Future of LPTV/TV Translator Service Taking Shape?
FCC finally begins to address what post-repack life might look like for LPTVs and TV translators – but it presents more questions than answers. Of all television operators, LPTV and TV translator licensees have faced the greatest uncertainties as...
Medical Body Area Networks Expand to Untether More Patients
FCC tweaks two-year-old MBAN rules. Two years ago the Commission authorized Medical Body Area Network (MBAN) devices to operate in the 2360-2400 MHz region, immediately below the heavily-used unlicensed band that houses Bluetooth, and most Wi-Fi, along...