The public comment period is now open for two Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) proceedings proposing new rules related to foreign ownership of FCC authorization holders. Both proceedings are part of the...more
6/26/2025
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On May 27, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Foreign Adversary NPRM or NPRM) that seeks to promote U.S. national security by providing “a new and...more
5/29/2025
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On April 29, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to codify a number of definitions and concepts underlying the foreign ownership rules and process in...more
On April 7, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to codify a number of definitions and concepts underlying the foreign ownership rules and process in...more
On December 8, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released its anticipated information collection to update the Commission’s records regarding the foreign ownership of international Section 214...more
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Office of International Affairs (OIA) recently released an Order in the agency’s ongoing proceeding related to its adoption of an Order and Notice of Proposed...more
The FCC is proposing comprehensive and sweeping changes to its twenty-year-old rules governing its international section 214 authorization framework. Because the FCC’s proposals would affect any company offering international...more
5/1/2023
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On April 25, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released an Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on international Section 214 authorizations (the Order and NPRM), which authorize the provision...more
4/28/2023
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On March 30, 2023, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) released a draft Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on international section 214 authorizations (the Draft Order and Draft NPRM), which governs...more
On September 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) unanimously approved its initial modernization of the inter-agency working group previously referred to as “Team Telecom” (the Committee). This...more