The FCC's Proposed Rule on "Empowering Consumers to Avoid Bill Shock; Consumer Information and Disclosure" was published in the Federal Register on Friday, setting the dates when comments and replies will be due. The rule was proposed and discussed during the Commission's October 14 open meeting. Comments on the Proposed Rule are due on December 27, 2010, with replies due on January 25, 2011.
The FCC has released its tentative agenda for its next open meeting on November 30, and it appears that this month's meeting will be focused entirely on spectrum issues. First, the Commission intends to consider an NPRM to facilitate use of the VHF and UHF TV bands for mobile broadband use. Second, the Commission will consider an NPRM to make its experimental license rules more flexible by easing restrictions on universities, research organizations and other institutions developing new wireless services and devices. Finally, the tentative agenda anticipates that the Commission will consider an NOI to accelerate "opportunistic" use of underdeveloped spectrum in both the licensed and unlicensed bands.
Earlier today the FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau released a Public Notice seeking comment on a broad range of topics related to the implementation of Section 105 of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (Accessibility Act, copy available here). Section 105 of the Accessibility Act requires the Commission to adopt rules defining the program eligibility standards for relay service support for the distribution of "specialized customer premises equipment designed to make telecommunications service, Internet access service, and advanced communications, including interexchange services and advanced telecommunications and information services, accessible by individuals who are deaf-blind." The Public Notice specifically seeks comment on implementing the National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program (Program).
The issues for which the FCC seeks comments are broad, but generally include the following topics:
Comments are due November 17, 2010. Reply comments are due November 23.
The FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") for the creation of a new Mobility Fund was published in the Federal Register this morning, starting the clock for comments and replies. This NPRM was adopted at the Commission’s October 14 open meeting and is part of its effort to implement the recommendations of the National Broadband Plan. We wrote about the Mobility Fund proposal in an earlier post and in a DWT advisory. Comments for this NPRM are due on December 16, and replies are due on January 18.
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