Category: Telecom regulation

Fifth Circuit Rules FCC Lacked Authority to Create $9 B Universal Service Fund Administrator

Key developments: A three‑judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the FCC illegally created the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) in 1997 because Congress never expressly authorized the agency to do…

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Global telecom regulators tighten rules as satellite constellations expand and consolidation stalls

Key developments – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted final approval for an additional 15,000 Starlink satellites, marking a significant boost to satellite broadband capacity worldwide. – In Europe, the BEREC report warns that recent telco…

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