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Jeffrey Silva
FCC asks appeals court to dump E-911 rules
Submitted by Benton Foundation on August 7, 2008 - 7:39pmLast updated: August 7, 2008 - 7:39pm
The Federal Communications Commission asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to throw out enhanced 911 location accuracy rules approved last November but not yet put into effect, pointing to public safety groups' recent disclosure that they would settle for a relaxed standard.
Rural wireless providers petition to reinstate spectrum cap
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 20, 2008 - 7:50pmLast updated: July 20, 2008 - 7:50pm
An association of rural wireless providers petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to re-impose a spectrum cap in light of the growing market presence of AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless in the mobile phone industry.
D-Block, AWS-3 auctions may wait until next year
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 16, 2008 - 7:15amLast updated: July 16, 2008 - 7:16am
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin said it appears increasingly doubtful that either the D-Block re-auction or advanced wireless services-3 bidding will happen this year, which means competition for the two valuable blocks of public airwaves likely will play out under a new administration and Congress.
FCC adopts emergency alert test rules
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 9, 2008 - 7:20pmThe Federal Communications Commission approved testing guidelines for wireless providers that decide to transmit emergency alerts to subscribers as part of a government effort to modernize a Cold Era, mostly broadcast-based public warning system.
Senators argue against reverse auctions for universal service
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 9, 2008 - 7:02amA bipartisan group of senators led Sen Byron Dorgan (D-ND) has written Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin urging him to abandon a plan to use reverse auctions to award universal service fund support to eligible telecom carriers in rural areas.
D Block: Looking back and moving forward
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 22, 2008 - 7:30amWhat's next for the D Block spectrum? That’s the predicament facing the Federal Communications Commission in the aftermath of the failure to attract a bidder willing to cough up $1.3 billion for the national commercial/public- safety license in the recently completed 700 MHz auction.
D-Block dustup casts questions on Martin, Frontline, Cyren Call
Submitted by Benton Foundation on March 21, 2008 - 7:59amLast updated: April 23, 2008 - 2:19pm
The Federal Communications Commission released an Order de-linking the Upper 700 MHz D Block from the other blocks offered in the 700 MHz Auction (Auction 73), which closed on March 18, 2008. A coalition of consumer and public-interest groups, the Ad Hoc Public Interest Spectrum Coalition (PISC), asked the Federal Communications Commission to probe the 700 MHz auction’s failure.
