Topic
Data Roaming
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CommLawBlog
Wireless Bureau Provides Guidance on Data Roaming Rates
By Donald Evans
The Wireless Bureau has given the wireless industry an early Christmas gift by announcing benchmarks and clarifying some aspects of data roaming rate policies. But questions still remain.
Beyond Telecom Law Blog
In Affirming the Data Roaming Order, the D.C. Circuit Confirms the FCC’s Broad Authority over Wireless Services
In affirming the FCC’s Data Roaming Order, the D.C. Circuit rebuffed Verizon’s efforts to squash any obligation to enter into roaming agreements with competing wireless carriers. In Cellco Partnership v.…
CommLawBlog
Court Upholds FCC Role as Data Roamin’ Umpire
By FHH Law
The court held the roaming requirement to be a lawful exercise of the FCC's powers. But not, it emphasized, because the FCC has any common carrier authority over mobile data…
Global Media and Communications Watch
Roamin’ Holiday? Court OK’s FCC’s Data Roaming Rules; Hogan Lovells Part of Successful Appeal
On Dec. 4, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a 30-page order upholding the FCC’s 2011 decision to require data roaming for…
Focus on Regulation
Roamin’ Holiday? Court OK’s FCC’s Data Roaming Rules; Hogan Lovells Part of Successful Appeal
By Daniel Brenner, Dave Thomas
On Dec. 4, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a 30-page order upholding the FCC’s 2011 decision to require data roaming for…
Inside Global Tech
Federal Appeals Court Gives a Jolt to FCC Authority By Upholding Data Roaming Rules
Yesterday a federal appeals court upheld the Federal Communications Commissions rule, adopted in April 2011, requiring wireless carriers who provide mobile data services to offer roaming agreements to other wireless…
CommLawBlog
Update: Data-Roaming Complaint Process Now In Effect
By FHH Law
Last April the Commission mandated automatic data-roaming among facilities-based providers of commercial mobile data service. The complaint process that was included in the FCC's order has now taken effect.
CommLawBlog
FCC To Mobile Browsers: Roam, Roam On The Range
By Donald Evans
In a widely anticipated move, the FCC has mandated that all facilities-based providers of "commercial mobile data service" make available automatic data roaming to other such providers - with some…
CommLawBlog
NBP And Infrastructure: Lots Of Questions, Not So Many Answers
The National Broadband Plan recognizes that improved broadband will require significant changes to certain critical "behind the scenes" elements of the broadband "ecosystem". While short on details, the NBP suggests…