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USTelecom Statement on Passage of Ray Baum’s Act Reauthorizes the FCC
Posted In: Administration , FCC, legislation, USTelecom news
Date: 03.06.2018
Background: The House  of Representatives is expected to pass bipartisan, bicameral legislation – RAY BAUM’S Act (H.R. 4986) – reauthorizing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and spurring the deployment of next-generation networks. The following statement is attributed to USTelecom President and CEO Jonathan...
USTelecom Welcomes Elimination of Outdated Payphone Obligations
Posted In: FCC, legislation
Date: 02.22.2018
Background: The Federal Communications Commission today approved an order that eliminates and streamlines outdated payphone reporting obligations. This statement can be attributed to USTelecom CEO Jonathan Spalter: “The Commission’s action today on payphone compensation is the perfect example of smart government – it...
House E&C Committee Moves to Reauthorize FCC
Posted In: Administration , FCC, industry news, legislation, USTelecom news
Date: 02.14.2018
House E&C Committee Moves to Reauthorize FCC   Background: The House E&C committee today advanced Ray Baum’s Act of 2018, legislation that reauthorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Bill now moves to the full House for consideration. The following statement is attributed to USTelecom President and...
FCC Moves One Step Closer to CAF II Auction
Posted In: broadband deployment, broadband investment, hearing, House, infrastructure, legal and courts, legislation
Date: 01.30.2018
Background: The Federal Communications Commission today voted to address the remaining issues raised by parties challenging the Commission’s orders implementing the Connect America Phase II auction. It also voted to establish procedures for the Connect America Fund Phase II auction, which will award up to $1.98 billion over 10 years to...
On Pitchforks and Policy
Posted In: FCC, legislation, net neutrality, open internet
Date: 01.23.2018
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has a lot on his plate. On top of running a critical independent federal agency, he now must do so under a cloud of hate speech and death threats directed at him and his young children. As a citizen of the greatest and freest nation on earth, it’s hard to fathom. Threatening the lives of...
Draft 2018 Broadband Deployment Report Recognizes Timely and Reasonable Broadband Deployment
Posted In: broadband deployment, FCC, legislation, rural America
Date: 01.18.2018
Background: Today FCC Chairman Pai circulated a draft 2018 Broadband Deployment Report as required by Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. This statement can be attributed to USTelecom CEO Jonathan Spalter: “In today’s draft report fact sheet, it appears the Commission has undertaken a careful and rigorous analysis...
Resolutions Promote Broadband Deployment in Infrastructure Legislation
Posted In: Administration , broadband deployment, broadband investment, broadband service providers, infrastructure, legislation, USTelecom news
Date: 01.11.2018
Background: Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced resolutions today that will promote broadband deployment in infrastructure legislation including preventing overbuilding, rewarding small cell siting reform, demanding technical neutrality, and streamlining burdensome and costly regulations. This statement can be...
Five Things to Know About Congress' Rejection of FCC Privacy Rules
Posted In: Administration , broadband service providers, consumers, legal and courts, legislation, privacy
Date: 03.31.2017
In an op-ed published recently in Axios, USTelecom President Jonathan Spalter focused on how consumers’ privacy will not be affected by the recent congressional decision to block the FCC’s implementation of new online privacy rules which were rushed through during the final days of former chairman Tom Wheeler's tenure. Congress...
Why the Next National Infrastructure Push Must Include Broadband
Posted In: Administration , broadband benefits, broadband deployment, broadband investment, infrastructure, legislation
Date: 01.11.2017
America’s broadband networks are no longer merely the vital link binding our businesses, communities and families, they also have become the indispensable welding tool required to safeguard, optimize and future-proof our nation’s infrastructure, wrote USTelecom President and CEO Jonathan Spalter in a new op-ed published by Morning...
Making Progress on Copyright Enforcement
Posted In: broadband service providers, data storage, Internet regulation, legislation, USTelecom comments
Date: 04.06.2016
“Safe harbor” provisions under well-established components of copyright law are crucial to ensuring the continuing growth of the internet economy, USTelecom said in comments  [http://www.ustelecom.org/sites/default/files/documents/USTelecom-DMCA-Comments-2016-04-01-FINAL.pdf] filed with the U.S. Copyright Office. The Digital...

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