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FCC Offers Discounted Phone, Broadband Service to Hurricane Survivors
FCC temporarily waived the Lifeline eligibility requirements to permit households not already enrolled the program for discounted services if they are receiving help from FEMA
FCC Sets Agenda for October 17 Meeting
Items include wireless handset model hearing aid compatibility and other issues
Hurricane Milton Knocks Out 3 TV, 14 Radio Stations in Florida
1.27 million subs are without phone, pay TV or internet services; 12% of cell sites are down
NAB Pushes for New Regs on vMVPDs in FCC Visit
NAB’s Curtis LeGeyt and Rick Kaplan pushed for reclassification of YouTube TV and other vMVPDs as pay TV operators during a meeting with Commissioner Anna Gomez and staff
FCC Chair: Attempts To Prosecute TV Stations for Airing Abortion Ad Are ‘Dangerous’
Rosenworcel said that the threats by a Florida state agency “undermine the fundamental principle of free speech”
UPDATED 9/30: FCC Reports 5 TV Stations, 35 Radio Stations Still Off Air Post-Helene
Just over a million subscribers in areas hit by Helene were without phone, internet and/or pay TV services on Sunday in the wake of the storm on Sept. 28, according to the FCC
FCC Activates Disaster Information Reporting System for Hurricane Helene
As Hurricane Helene approaches landfall, FCC Chair Rosenworcel outlined the agency's efforts to keep providing information and secure communications networks
FCC Commissioner Starks on the Transition to 6G
Starks said 6G faces “challenges that could threaten our collective vision of a more connected and prosperous 6G ecosystem”
