FCC To Hold Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, November 17, 2016

The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on the subjects listed below on Thursday, November 17, 2016:

Universal Service Reform – MobilityFund: The Commission will consider a Report and Order that would adopt rules for the second phase of the Mobility Fund, which would provide ongoing universal service support dedicated to expanding the availability of mobile broadband networks.

Roaming Obligations of Commercial Mobile Service Providers and Regulatory Classification of Voice over LTE Service: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would seek comment on proposals to implement a unified roaming standard and to classify Voice over LTE.

Business Data Services: The Commission will consider a Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would allow for lighttouch regulation of packet-based Business Data Services and retain and update price cap regulation for lower-bandwidth TDM-based Business Data Services to ensure that lack of competition does not unfairly harm commercial customers or the consumers who rely upon these services.

Video Description: The Commission will consider a Report and Order which addresses the amount of video described programming required to be made available to consumers.