Wesley Wright

Oct 4, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Wesley Wright

Over the summer, the FCC adopted the first nationwide Next Generation 911 (“NG911”) transition rules to define the responsibilities and set deadlines for originating service providers (“OSPs”) to implement NG911 capabilities and deliver 911 calls to NG911 systems. The final rules were published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2024. Triggering the Transition.

Sep 19, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Wesley Wright

Last month, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that could revise the agency’s Citizens Broadband Radio Service (“CBRS”) rules in the 3.5 GHz band. The crux of the proposed changes would better protect incumbent federal users and improve the rules for both Priority Access License (“PAL”) holders and General Authorized Access (“GAA”) users. The NPRM was published in the Federal Register earlier this month.

Sep 19, 2024 | lexology.com | Wesley Wright

Last month, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that could revise the agency’s Citizens Broadband Radio Service (“CBRS”) rules in the 3.5 GHz band. The crux of the proposed changes would better protect incumbent federal users and improve the rules for both Priority Access License (“PAL”) holders and General Authorized Access (“GAA”) users. The NPRM was published in the Federal Register earlier this month.

Sep 3, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Wesley Wright

The FCC announced a $950,000 settlement with AT&T to resolve an investigation into whether the company violated the Commission’s rules by failing to deliver 911 calls and failing to timely notify 911 call centers of an outage. Due to inadvertent disablement of a portion of AT&T’s network during testing on August 22, 2023, an outage lasting over an hour resulted in 400 failed 911 calls in Illinois, Kansas, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Mar 1, 2024 | natlawreview.com | Wesley Wright

Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) announced the approval of seven 6 GHz band Automated Frequency Coordination (“AFC”) systems. The approved systems include offerings from Qualcomm Incorporated, Federated Wireless, Inc., Sony Group Corporation, Comsearch, the Wi-Fi Alliance Services Corporation, the Wireless Broadband Alliance, Inc., and Broadcom Inc.