The FCC has granted, with conditions, an application filed by Amazon’s Kuiper Systems LLC, requesting authorization to deploy a non-geostationary satellite broadband system. Following the FCC authorization, Amazon announced it will invest more than $10 billion in Project Kuiper.
The FCC has established 988 as the new, nationwide, 3-digit phone number for Americans in crisis to connect with suicide prevention and mental health crisis counselors.
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has dismissed a claim of vicarious liability made by a group of recording companies in their copyright infringement lawsuit filed against Bright House Networks, LLC.
A group of Kansas rate-of-return local exchange carriers have submitted comments in response to the FCC’s NPRM which proposes to deregulate and detariff various end-user access charges.
The FCC has announced compliance dates for the Reassigned Numbers Database recordkeeping requirement. Beginning July 27, 2020, voice service providers must maintain records of the most recent date each number was permanently disconnected and must age telephone numbers for at least 45 days after disconnection and before reassignment.
An update on news from June 2020.
The FCC has announced that the proposed universal service fund contribution factor for the third quarter of 2020 will be 26.5 percent, the highest ever.
An update on a few recent mergers & acquisitions in the communications industry
An update on news from May 2020
USDA has made its final broadband funding award under the first round of the ReConnect Pilot Program. USDA is now evaluating 172 second funding round applications.
