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Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – August and September Filings 2025

Each month, Kelley Drye’s Communications Group offers this reminder of upcoming filing deadlines that may affect our clients and friends. The successor to the Form 477 Local Competition and Broadband Report, the BDC Report...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

FCC Grants University of Utah Waiver for Innovative Wireless Research Applications

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The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) recently granted the University of Utah a conditional waiver of the FCC’s security and equipment authorization requirements....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FCC Adopts New Pole Attachment Rules to Streamline Broadband Deployment

On July 25, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued a new pole attachment order that further reformed the Commission’s rules and policies governing communications attachments to utility poles....more

Holland & Knight LLP

California's Summer Blockbuster, Continued!: Newly Enacted Non-Housing CEQA Reforms

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Senate Bill (SB) 131 includes important California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) exemptions for qualified advanced manufacturing projects, health centers and rural clinics, childcare centers, food banks, farmworker...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Adopts Rules to Promote Fast and Efficient Broadband Deployment

At its July 24, 2025, Open Meeting, with enthusiastic support from all three Commissioners, the FCC adopted a Fifth Report and Order, Fourth Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Orders on Reconsideration in WC Docket No. 17-84....more

Perkins Coie

US Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of FCC’s Universal Service Fund

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Key Takeaways - - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the FCC's Universal Service Fund (USF) scheme, ensuring its continued operation. - The Court rejected nondelegation doctrine challenges, finding Congress provided sufficient...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Supreme Court Declares Universal Service Fund Constitutional, Reversing Fifth Circuit Opinion

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On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed, in FCC v. Consumers’ Research (Consumers’ Research), the constitutionality of the funding mechanism for the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Universal...more

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SCOTUS Saves E-Rate Program, Preserving Tech Funding for Schools Across the Country

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In a major victory for public institutions and the tech companies that support them, the U.S. Supreme Court just preserved the federal funding lifeline that underpins internet access and telecommunications connectivity in...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FCC Commissioner Trusty Announces Staff Appointments

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Yesterday, Federal Communications Commissioner Olivia Trusty announced the appointment of several members to her team stating, “I am pleased to announce the talented individuals who will be joining my team. Each brings a...more

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Senate Parliamentarian Approves Ted Cruz’s Rewritten 10-Year State AI Law Moratorium, and Senate Introduces Bipartisan Preventing...

The Senate Parliamentarian approved Senator Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) rewritten version of the House-passed 10-year state AI law moratorium, after concerns that the original moratorium would not comply with the Senate’s Byrd Rule....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

NTIA Revamps Federally Funded $42.5 Billion Broadband Deployment Subsidy Program

On Friday, June 6, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released its long-anticipated policy changes to the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. The NTIA's...more

Wiley Rein LLP

NTIA Restructures BEAD Program with Major Broadband Funding Changes

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On Friday, June 6, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released a highly anticipated Policy Notice (Notice) making significant changes to the NTIA’s rules implementing the Broadband Equity...more

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NTIA Makes Substantial Modifications to BEAD Requirements

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The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has released a Policy Notice modifying and replacing certain requirements outlined in the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment...more

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Department of Commerce Restructures BEAD Program

Nearing five months into the Trump administration, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has released a Notice changing the requirements in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Key Takeaways From Commerce Department’s New Guidance for $42.5 Billion BEAD Program

On June 6, 2025, the Commerce Department released its long-awaited guidance for future implementation of the $42.5 billion Broadand, Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.  Entitled a BEAD Restructuring Policy Notice...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

The U.S. Rural Mobile Service Problem: The Solution? $55 Billion

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Last summer, I embarked on a weekend tour of upstate New York with a law school classmate to visit his childhood home. We met at Syracuse airport and drove north, reaching Gouverneur, where his home is located, about 30 miles...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Economic and Clean Energy Leadership in New Jersey—FY 2026 Budget Testimony Highlights

Last week, Tim Sullivan, CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), and Christine Guhl-Sadovy, president of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU), presented their fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Takeaways From Final Proposal Deadline Extension in $42.5 Billion BEAD Program

On April 22, 2025, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a Notice of Programmatic Waiver (Waiver Notice) providing a 90-day extension of the Final Proposal deadline in the Broadband...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – April and May Filings

Carriers and providers of interstate and international telecommunications, including, but not limited to, interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol providers, providers offering interstate telecommunications for a fee on a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trusty Confirmation Hearing at the Senate Commerce Committee Focuses on Broadband, Auction Authority and National Security

Olivia Trusty, nominee for the open Republican Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Commissioner position, appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Trusty has...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Senate Commerce Committee Focuses on Broadband, Auction Authority and National Security at Trusty Confirmation Hearing

Olivia Trusty, nominee for the open Republican Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Commissioner position, appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Trusty has...more

Dickinson Wright

Are We Living in The Jetsons’ Future? Telehealth, Broadband, and Policy Shifts

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The future of healthcare once seemed like science fiction—think of The Jetsons, the iconic 1960s animated show where families communicate via video calls and receive virtual checkups. But today, telehealth has rapidly become...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Roth Confirmation Hearing Shines Spotlight on Broadband Access and Spectrum Issues

On March 27, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a confirmation hearing for Arielle Roth, tapped by President Donald Trump to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications...more

Maynard Nexsen

Largest Federal Broadband Grant Program Targeted for Major Reforms

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The nation’s largest broadband grant program could face big changes under recently proposed legislation and a reexamination by the federal agency tasked with its implementation. The Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment...more

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Your Chance To “Delete” FCC Rules

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As long anticipated, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr has launched a new proceeding to eliminate policies and rules that may no longer be necessary or that impose undue regulatory burdens. The...more

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