A lawyer for NCTA said it and CableLabs want more testing of Globalstar's terrestrial low-power service for broadband before the FCC allows TLPS. The company's proposal to provide a terrestrial service that's co-channel with its mobile satellite service operations shows that an emissions mask at the top of the 2.4 GHz unlicensed band isn't needed, wrote NCTA lawyer Paul Margie of Harris Wiltshire. "Any action on Globalstar’s TLPS proposal should be accompanied by a relaxation or elimination of the strict unwanted emissions mask." The company hasn't provided "compelling evidence" to keep the mask, said the filing posted Tuesday to docket 13-213 on a conversation Margie and CableLabs and NCTA officials had with an aide to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. Globalstar has said CableLabs' demos, which that R&D group said raised TLPS concerns, were flawed and the service would be a "good neighbor" to Wi-Fi operations in the band (see 1504240035).
The FCC may join European regulators in at least looking more closely at Google’s dominant position in the Internet search market, in light of the agency’s new net neutrality rules, observers said in recent interviews. The FCC is intensifying its look at privacy issues, with a workshop Tuesday on broadband consumer privacy, to be opened by Chairman Tom Wheeler.
The FCC may join European regulators in at least looking more closely at Google’s dominant position in the Internet search market, in light of the agency’s new net neutrality rules, observers said in recent interviews. The FCC is intensifying its look at privacy issues, with a workshop Tuesday on broadband consumer privacy, to be opened by Chairman Tom Wheeler.
The opposition that led to Comcast’s withdrawal Friday of its proposed buy of Time Warner Cable is a sign of a tough regulatory environment for transactions, yet the dissolution is likely to lead to a flurry of smaller deals, cable analysts, brokers and industry officials said in interviews. Analysts see a second Charter Communications bid for TWC as the next logical step. Despite FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s denunciation of the Comcast /TWC transaction on Friday as “an unacceptable risk to competition and innovation,” deals between lesser companies aren’t expected to arouse FCC opposition, the analysts said.
The opposition that led to Comcast’s withdrawal Friday of its proposed buy of Time Warner Cable is a sign of a tough regulatory environment for transactions, yet the dissolution is likely to lead to a flurry of smaller deals, cable analysts, brokers and industry officials said in interviews. Analysts see a second Charter Communications bid for TWC as the next logical step. Despite FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s denunciation of the Comcast /TWC transaction on Friday as “an unacceptable risk to competition and innovation,” deals between lesser companies aren’t expected to arouse FCC opposition, the analysts said.
The opposition that led to Comcast’s withdrawal Friday of its proposed buy of Time Warner Cable is a sign of a tough regulatory environment for transactions, yet the dissolution is likely to lead to a flurry of smaller deals, cable analysts, brokers and industry officials said in interviews. Analysts see a second Charter Communications bid for TWC as the next logical step. Despite FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s denunciation of the Comcast /TWC transaction on Friday as “an unacceptable risk to competition and innovation,” deals between lesser companies aren’t expected to arouse FCC opposition, the analysts said.
USTelecom laid out in some detail its arguments on why the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit should overturn the FCC’s February net neutrality order. The pleading was made as part of USTelecom’s initial March 23 appeal of the order (see 1503230066). The FCC “reversed decades of precedent” in the order, the group said. Industry officials on both sides of net neutrality said the big question at this point is whether the court will stay the order, a decision that could come at any time. In one other development, Full Service Network, TruConnect Mobile, Sage and Telscape sought review of the order Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia.
USTelecom laid out in some detail its arguments on why the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit should overturn the FCC’s February net neutrality order. The pleading was made as part of USTelecom’s initial March 23 appeal of the order (see 1503230066). The FCC “reversed decades of precedent” in the order, the group said. Industry officials on both sides of net neutrality said the big question at this point is whether the court will stay the order, a decision that could come at any time. In one other development, Full Service Network, TruConnect Mobile, Sage and Telscape sought review of the order Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved the four major trade bills up for consideration at its April 23 markup, following a full day of debate on the legislation. The committee ultimately sent to the House floor Trade Promotion Authority, Trade Adjustment Assistance, a preference package and a Customs Reauthorization bill. Committee lawmakers approved the same TPA, TAA and preference package bills the Senate Finance Committee endorsed the day before (see 1504230001). TPA passed in a partisan vote, with two Democrats joining Republicans in support. The other three bills passed by voice vote, a committee spokesman said.
ORLANDO, Fla. -- CBP and the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America are set to launch the Broker Known Importer Program (BKIP) in the coming week, said agency and trade association leadership at the NCBFAA annual conference on Aug. 22. With functionality in the Automated Commercial Environment in place since January, CBP will issue a CSMS message next week detailing the voluntary program, which will lower the agency’s risk profile for an importer if their broker informs CBP through a flag checked at entry that it “knows” the importer and has advised the importer of its compliance responsibilities. The CSMS message will allow BKIP to “go live,” said Mary Jo Muoio of OHL Trade Services.