Communications Daily

3 days ago | communicationsdaily.com | Howard Buskirk |Monty Tayloe

Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today! Carr noted the pending departures of Commissioners Nathan Simington and Geoffrey Starks, which will mean a commission without a quorum for the moment (see 2506040073). “As the saying goes, the show must go on,” Carr wrote. “There’s a lot of time between now and our scheduled … meeting.

3 days ago | communicationsdaily.com | Jimm Phillips |Monty Tayloe |Howard Buskirk

“I look forward to continuing to serve the public interest in the years ahead and to contributing to the vital conversations surrounding our communications infrastructure, national security, and technological leadership,” Simington said.

4 days ago | communicationsdaily.com | Monty Tayloe |Howard Buskirk |Jimm Phillips

Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today! The makeup of the agency is already in flux: Current Democratic Commissioner Geoffrey Starks said he will leave before the FCC's planned June 26 meeting (see 2505220043), and Senate confirmation of Republican Olivia Trusty isn’t expected until late June or July (see 2505290053).

4 days ago | communicationsdaily.com | Gabriella Novello

In a per curiam opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected LTD’s petition (No. 24-1017) to overturn the FCC’s 2022 denial of its long-form application under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF). LTD was the largest winning bidder in the auction, conditionally being awarded funding to serve more than 500,000 locations across 15 states.

4 days ago | communicationsdaily.com | Monty Tayloe

Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today! The ATSC 3.0 transition “is an all-hands-on-deck initiative critical to the long-term vitality of broadcast TV, while the Petition is a significant step down the wrong path,” said NAB.