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Telecommunications Regulation
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Truth on the Market
The Roswell Loophole: How to Stop Wireless Deployment One Permit at a Time
A city does not need to hang a “no cell towers allowed” sign to keep wireless service out. It can get there the quieter way: deny one permit, then another,…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Releases Small Entity Compliance Guide for Third VoIP Direct Access Report and Order
The FCC has released a Small Entity Compliance Guide to assist small businesses, providers, and other entities with understanding and complying with the requirements announced in the Third VoIP Direct…
Inside Global Tech
CJEU Advocate-General indicates that communications network operators can lawfully be required to remove Chinese components, and that compensation is not required
By Paul Maynard
On 19 March 2026, Advocate-General Capeta issued an opinion in the case of Elisa Eesti AS v Estonian Government Security Committee (C-354/24). This case concerned, among other things, whether a…
Privacy World
Privacy World Week in Review
In case you missed it, below are recent posts from Privacy World covering the latest developments on data privacy, security and innovation. Please reach out to the authors if you…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
WCB Seeks Comment on NECA’s Proposed Modification of Average Schedule Formulas
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has issued a Public Notice, seeking comment on the proposed modification of average schedule formulas that the National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc. (NECA) filed on…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
WCB Seeks Nominations for Six USAC Board Member Positions
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking nominations for the following Board member positions on the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC): (1) representative for commercial…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Approves Rules to Remove and Streamline Cable Rate Regulations
As part of its deregulation initiative, dubbed “Delete, Delete, Delete,” the FCC has adopted a Report and Order, which removes from the Commission’s cable rate regulations approximately 77 rules or…
Global IP & Technology Law Blog
European Commission kick starts overhaul of EU telecom law
“Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted in one moment, would you capture it or just let it slip?” asks Eminem in…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
Court Rejects LTD Broadband RDOF Appeal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has upheld the FCC’s 2022 rejection of LTD Broadband, Inc.’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) award of over $1.3 billion. After…
Inside Global Tech
FCC Looks to Identify Telecom Investments by Foreign Adversaries
By Yaron Dori, Matthew DelNero
Today, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released the final text of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) aimed at identifying FCC regulated entities that are controlled by a “foreign adversary.”…