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The Federal Communications Commission could be doing a better job of monitoring wireless competition by gathering a wider variety of market data, according to a report released yesterday from the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The report authors identified ...

Our Industry Insight series brings insight and analysis from industry thought leaders on important issues facing the telecom industry. This latest insight comes from industry veteran L. Marie Guillory, who provides analysis on the implications of the current open Internet debate. The ...

In an address at the OPASTCO conference in Seattle today, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski attempted to justify the Universal Service reforms proposed in the National Broadband Plan issued in March. Small carriers that receive Universal Service funding, ...

Bi-partisan legislation introduced this week aims to transition today’s voice-focused Universal Service (USF) fund to one focused on broadband. That may sound a lot like USF reform proposals in the Federal ...

Just two months after reversing a long-standing assertion about the competitiveness of the U.S. wireless market the Federal Communications Commission yesterday reversed a long-standing assertion about broadband services. A key finding of the FCC’s Sixth Broadband ...

Satellite operators could have greater flexibility to offer terrestrial broadband services as a result of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued this week from the Federal Communications Commission. The NPRM, which focuses on 90 MHz of spectrum in three different satellite bands, aims to make it ...

Rural broadband is a much talked about subject these days, as it should be. It’s a complex issue – but one that should be paid attention to. Ensuring adequate broadband access for all Americans is the right public policy. The complexity revolves around the definition of ‘adequate’ and the allocation ...

Our Industry Insight series brings insight and analysis from industry thought leaders on important issues facing the telecom industry. This latest insight comes from industry veteran L. Marie Guillory, who takes a hard look at the implications of the recently revealed wireless spectrum plans put forth by the Obama administration....

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has announced the creation of a Universal Service Working Group aimed at implementing reforms outlined in the National Broadband Plan. Heading up the group will be Sharon Gillett, chief of the ...

As we've noted in previous posts, the FCC is intent on measuring the actual vs. advertised consumer broadband speeds across the nation, this as part of its broadband speed initiative, which is being coordinated by the Commission's Consumer Task Force. Based on the results of a recent ...