Chairman Kevin Martin

United States telecommunications regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unveiled a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) which proposes to revise the licensing model for the 800MHz spectrum licences, from a site-based to a geographically-based approach. If authorised, the proposal will first reduce regulatory requirements in the most licensed markets while preserving the current model for a period to foster the provision of...  

Your government needs you…again. The Federal Communications Commission today began the “2012 Measuring Broadband America” process, issuing a Public Notice (click here for more information) announcing the next round of tests and calling on ...  

The Federal Communications Commission proposed pulling the plug on LightSquared's plans to launch a new national LTE 4G network after the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ... national security systems cannot support the scheduled ...  

Dish Network, sitting on an increasingly valuable stash of spectrum vital to powering wireless data traffic, is waiting on a key waiver from the Federal Communications Commission before deciding on its next move. The waiver, similar to one that ...  

The aviation industry has reason to celebrate this week, following a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement on Tuesday that it intends to revoke its initial waiver for LightSquared's proposed national broadband network. The move came ...