Bicameral Democratic Leaders Unveil Save The Internet Act to Restore Net Neutrality Protections
Democratic leaders of the House and Senate unveiled the Save the Internet Act that will keep the internet open and free.
March 2019
Department of Justice staffers ‘not impressed’ with features of T-Mobile, Sprint merger (New York Post)
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- Mr. Will DeVries
Senior Privacy Counsel
Google, Inc.
Mountain View , CA
- Mr. Alastair Mactaggart
Chairman
Californians for Consumer Privacy
Sacramento , CA
- Mr. David Hoffman
Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer
Intel
Relicensing 700 MHZ Spectrum In Unserved Areas
For certain spectrum blocks in the 700 MHz band, licensees that fail to meet the Federal Communications Commission’s construction benchmarks keep the areas of the license that they serve, and the remaining unserved areas are returned to the Commission’s inventory for relicensing. This approach provides other parties with opportunities to acquire spectrum that is not adequately built out and to serve communities that might otherwise not receive service.
FCC seeks comment on Verizon's C Block Rules Petition
The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau seeks comment on a petition for declaratory ruling, or in the alternative a petition for a partial waiver, filed by Verizon on February 22, 2019, in WT Docket No. 06-150, regarding section 27.16(e) of the Commission’s C Block licensing rules (the handset locking rule). Specifically, Verizon requests that the FCC declare that the handset locking rule permits Verizon to adopt a temporary, 60-day lock on the 4G LTE handsets it provides, to ensure that the handsets are purchased by bona fide customers.
FCC Commissioner Starks’ Digital Inclusion Visits
The National Digital Inclusion Alliance is proud to have facilitated digital inclusion visits for newly appointed Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks. After he attended a forum on the rural and urban broadband digital divide hosted by Rep Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO), Commissioner Starks attended a meeting of the Kansas City Coalition for Digital Inclusion, sharing why digital equity is important to him. He stated “Who’s job is it to make sure everyone has internet at home? It’s my job.
Trump 2020 reelection campaign's "national 5G plan" draws bipartisan FCC rebuke
A proposal from the Donald Trump 2020 re-election campaign to create a national, wholesale 5G network is drawing criticism from FCC commissioners on both sides of the aisle. Republican FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr joined Democratic FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel in speaking out against the plan. Commissioner Carr wrote, "The US won the race to 4G and secured billions of dollars in growth for the US economy by relying on America’s exceptional free market values.