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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to uphold the FCC’s 2017 Restoring Internet Freedom order but strike down the FCC’s preemption of state efforts to regulate the Internet. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai released the following statement: “Today’s decision is a victory for consumers, broadband deployment, and the free and open Internet. The […]
The State of California has agreed not to enforce its new Internet regulation law pending the resolution of a petition for review of the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and any subsequent proceedings before the U.S. Supreme Court. All parties have requested that further […]
The FCC voted 52-to-47 in favor of a bill that reverses the FCC’s recent order ending Net Neutrality. The bill now goes to the U.S. House of Representatives for consideration. FCC votes 3-2 to end Net Neutrality rules Thursday, December 14, 2017 FCC, Net Neutrality No Comments The FCC voted 3-2 along partisan lines to adopt the “Restoring […]
The FCC voted 3-2 along partisan lines to adopt the “Restoring Internet Freedom Order” proposed by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to rollback Obama-era Net Neutrality rules. Voting in favor of the order were Republicans Ajit Pai, who argued that measure will usher in a new era of investment for Internet infrastructure. Also voting in favor […]
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will bring his proposal to rollback Obama-era Net Neutrality rules to a vote at the commission’s December 14th meeting. Pai is calling his proposal the “Restoring Internet Freedom Order,” which he believes will usher in a new era of investment for Internet infrastructure. “For almost twenty years, the Internet […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai circulated a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking with his fellow commissioners at the FCC aimed at reversing the Title II “Net Neutrality” rules adopted in 2015. In a published speech, Pai described the Title II rules as a regulatory mistake that slowed down telecom infrastructure spending in the United States by 5.6% […]
Openreach, the wholly owned and independently governed division of the BT Group, appointed Sir Brendan Barber and Edward Astle as independent members of a newly formed Board to oversee strategy, investment and service delivery at the UK’s leading digital infrastructure company. The company said that establishing the new Board is central to governance reforms that […]
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will step down on January 20, 2017. “Serving as F.C.C. Chairman during this period of historic technological change has been the greatest honor of my professional life. I am deeply grateful to the President for giving me this opportunity. I am especially thankful to the talented Commission staff for their service […]
