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Statements for 2008

9/12/08
FCC Seeks Comment on Additional Ways to Strengthen USF Administration and Oversight.
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9/6/08
FCC Grants Forbearance from Legacy Reporting and Accounting Requirements, Seeks Comment on Industry-Wide Reporting.
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8/26/08
Commission Denies OrbitCom Request for Forbearance.
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8/25/08
FCC Seeks Comment on Implementation of NET 911 Improvement Act.
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8/5/08
Commission Approves Transaction Between Sirius Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. Subject to Conditions.
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8/5/08
FCC Grants Qwest Forbearance.
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8/1/08
FCC Examines Fees Used to Fund Commission Budget.
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8/1/08
FCC Consents With Conditions to Verizon Wireless Acquisition of Rural Cellular Corporation's Licenses, Authorizations, and Spectrum Manager Leases.
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8/1/08
Commission Orders Comcast to End Discriminatory Network Management Practices.
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7/30/08
FCC Public En Banc Hearing in Brooklyn, NY, on Public Safety Interoperable Communications and the 700 MHz D Block Proceeding.
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7/29/08
FCC En Banc Hearing and Conference on Overcoming Barriers to Communications Financing, New York, NY.
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7/28/08
Commission Approves Transaction Between Sirius Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. Subject to Conditions.
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7/25/08
FCC Denies Qwest Forbearance Requests for Four Metropolitan Areas.
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7/21/08
En Banc Hearing on Broadband and the Digital Future, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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6/26/08
FCC Seeks Comment on Sponsorship Identification Rules and Embedded Advertising Techniques.
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6/24/08
FCC Adopts Telephone Numbering System and E-911 Requirements for Providers of Internet-Based Telecommunications Relay Services.
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6/24/08
Commission Seeks Comment on Changes in Speech-to-Speech Telecommunications Relay Service Regulations; Tentatively Concludes that Internet Protocol Speech-to-Speech is Compensable from the Interstate TRS Fund.
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6/17/08
Rules Amended to Require Telemarketers to Honor Do-Not-Call List Registrations Indefinitely.
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6/12/08
Public Hearing on Early Termination Fees.
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6/12/08
FCC Revises Broadband Data Collection Order.
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5/16/08
Commissioner Adelstein Responds To Senate Resolution On Media Ownership.
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5/14/08
FCC Seeks Comment on How to Proceed With the Reauction of the 700 MHz D Block Spectrum and Creation of a Nationwide, Interoperable Public Safety Broadband Network.
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5/7/08
Commissioner Adelstein Responds To Clearwire/Sprint-Nextel Announcement.
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5/1/08
FCC Takes Action to Cap High Cost Support Under the Universal Service Fund.
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4/24/08
Joint Statement with Commissioner Copps on FCC Granting AT&T Forbearance From Legacy Cost Assignment Rules.
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4/17/08
Public En Banc Hearing at Stanford University on Broadband Network Management Practices.
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4/11/08
FCC Conditionally Designates Tracfone as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier for Lifeline Service In Several States.
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4/9/08
FCC Adopts Rules for Delivery of Commercial Mobile Alerts to the Public During Emergencies.
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3/27/08
Comcast and BitTorrent Announcement.
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3/20/08
Lack of Diversity Among Winners of 700 MHz Auction.
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3/20/08
FCC Grants Oklahoma Western Telephone Company Inc.'s Application for Review.
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3/20/08
FCC Delinks 700 MHz Upper D Block From Other Blocks, Will Release Information on 700 MHz Auction Winning Bidders.
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3/19/08
Adopted Emergency Call Handling Requir ements for Internet-based TRS Providers.
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3/19/08
FCC Expands, Improves Broadband Data Collection.
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Statement on 706 Report: Word | Acrobat

3/19/08
FCC Bans Exclusive Contracts for Telecommunications Services in Apartment Buildings.
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3/12/08
Response to Public Safety Bureau Stay Order.
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3/3/08
FCC Adopts Digital Television Consumer Education Order.
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2/28/08
FCC Modifies Hearing Aid Compatibility Rules to Improve Access for Americans With Hearing Loss to Wireless Handsets.
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2/25/08
FCC Denies Petition for Reconsideration of the Conditioned Approval of the News Corp-DirecTV Merger.
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2/25/08
FCC En Banc Hearing On Broadband Network Management Practices.
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2/13/08
Remarks on U.S. PIRG’s Report "Mixed Signals: How TV Retailers Mislead Consumers on the Digital Television Transition".
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2/5/08
FCC Designates Spectrum And Provides Guidance For Participation In A Spectrum Sharing Innovation Test-Bed.
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2/4/08
Joint Statement with Commissioner Copps on Release of Media Ownership Order.
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1/31/08
Responds To NTIA Report On Broadband.
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1/30/08
Reaction to Surveys on Consumer DTV Awareness.
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1/29/08
Commission issues NPRM seeking comment on rules governing the amount of high-cost universal service support provided to competitive eligible telecommunications carriers (Identical Support NPRM).
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1/29/08
Commission issues NPRM seeking comment on the merits of using reverse auctions to determine the amount of high-cost universal service support provided to eligible telecommunications carriers serving rural, insular, and high-cost areas (Reverse Auctions NPRM).
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1/29/08
Commission issues NPRM seeking comment on the recommendation of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service regarding comprehensive reform of high-cost universal service support (Joint Board NPRM).
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1/9/08
FCC Grants Transfer of Control of Verizon's Northern New England Operations to Fairpoint Communications.
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last reviewed/updated on September 12, 2008  


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