http://www.ustelecom.org/USTelecom Press Release RSS feed.5The Federal Communications Commission issued a public notice seeking comment on two complex issues involved in the open Internet proceeding. The first seeks input on treatment of specialized broadband Internet services, and the second asks whether open Internet rules should apply to wireless broadband services.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItems/USTelecom-Welcomes-Further-Study-of-Open-Internet-Proceeding.htmlThe House voted 348-23 for a bill (HR 3101), the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, that would improve access to communications technologies for people with disabilities.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItems/USTelecom-Lauds-House-Passage-of-Disabilities-Bill.htmlToday, Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA), the Chairman of the House Communications Subcommittee, and Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE), introduced a bill, the Universal Service Reform Act of 2010, which would reform the USF and intercarrier compensation programs.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItems/USTelecom-Endorses-Boucher-Terry-USF-Bill.htmlThe House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed a bill (H.R. 3101), the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act, that would improve access to communications technologies for people with disabilities.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Praises-Committee-Passage-of-Disabilities-Bill.htmlBased on news reports today, the Federal Communications Commission will release a report to be delivered to Congress concluding that broadband is not being deployed in a reasonable or timely manner.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItems/FCC-Report-on-Broadband-is-Misleading.htmlThe Federal Communications Committee voted 3-2 to begin a Notice of Inquiry on regulating broadband services.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItems/USTelecom-statement-on-FCC-Inquiry-on-broadband-serivces-reg.htmlWASHINGTON, D.C. – USTelecom announced today it has hired two new members of its government affairs department. Gregory Willis and Annie Chavez.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItems/USTelecom-Welcomes-new-Government-Affairs-Staff.htmlHouse Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Members Barton and Stearns, joined by 169 other House Republican members, sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski expressing strong reservations about the Title II proposal.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItems/USTelecom-Statement-on-House-Republican-Letter.htmlRep. John Dingell, D-Mich., Chairman Emeritus of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski expressing concern about the proposal to regulate broadband services under Title II of the Communications Act.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Statement-on-Dingell-Letter.htmlSen. John D. Rockefeller, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Senator John F. Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Communications Subcommittee; and Rep. Rick Boucher, the Chairman of the House Communications Subcommittee, announced plans to solicit proposals for updating the Communications Act.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-welcomes-congressional-call-to-update-comm-act.htmlToday, the Ranking Member of the House Communications Subcommittee, Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), introduced a bill that would require the Federal Communications Commission to do a cost-benefit analysis before regulating broadband Internet services.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Statement-on-Internet-Investment-Bill-Introduced-by-Stearns.htmlThe FCC announced plans to seek comment on proposals to regulate broadband services under Title II of the Communications Act.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Statement-FCC-Accouncement-regulate-broadband-services.htmlUSTelecom today filed a letter with the FCC by Supreme Court litigator Seth P. Waxman, which says classifying broadband service under Title II authority would be “fundamentally at odds with principled agency decision-making and with the proper role of administrative agencies within our constitutional system.”http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Letter-on-Title-II-Regulation.htmlUSTelecom filed comments today in the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet proceeding.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Filing-Emphasizes-Success-of-Internet.htmlUSTelecom and Connected Planet will hold an interactive symposium on June 22 in Washington, D.C. to explore the changing Internet from a business and consumer perspective.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Partner-with-Connected-Planet-for-Symposium.htmlThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the FCC did not establish the authority it needed to regulate Comcast’s network management practices.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItems/USTelecom-Statement-on-Comcast-Court-Ruling.htmlDigital Adoption Coalition Commits to Empower America’s Underserved Communities with 21st Century Technology.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/Public-Private-Sectors-Form-Groundbreaking-Coalition-Support-Broadband-Adoption.htmlSenate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Ranking Member Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, released an updated draft of legislation yesterday that would strengthen the nation’s ability to respond effectively to cyber crime, espionage and attacks on online networks.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Statement-Rockefeller-Snowe-Cybersecurity-Draft-Legislation.htmlUSTelecom Statement on National Broadband Plan Executive Summaryhttp://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Statement-on-National-Broadband-Plan-Executive-Summary.htmlUSTelecom welcomes Kathleen Abernathy, chief legal officer and executive vice president of Frontier Communications, as its newest member of the Board of Directors.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Statement-Welcoming-Kathleen-Abernathy-to-BOD.htmlThe Federal Communications Commission outlined some of the details in its National Broadband Plan concerning reforming intercarrier compensation and the current Universal Service Fund.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Statement-on-IC-and-USR-in-the-NBP.htmlHouse Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Cal., and Subcommittee Chairmen Rick Boucher, D-Va., and Bart Stupak, D-Mich., sent letters to 24 telecommunications companies asking for more information in the committee’s ongoing review of the access charge regime.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Statement-on-Traffic-Pumping-Letters.htmlThe National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Committee on Telecommunications approved a resolution outlining NARUC’s support for an open Internet and encouraging the Federal Communications Commission or Congress to take certain steps to achieve that goal.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/USTelecom-Statement-on-NARUC-Open-Internet-Resolution.htmlConvention planner EXPOCOMM told USTelecom and TIA it will not manage the SUPERCOMM® trade show in 2010, due to financial projections for the show this year.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/SUPERCOMM-2010-Shelved.htmlBackground: Today at its Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission approved an Order to address program access issues.http://www.ustelecom.org//News/NewsItem/ustelecom-statement-on-fcc-program-access-order.html