Congress Must Act Quickly to Ensure the FCC’s Spectrum Authority is Reauthorized
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC), which is tasked with hosting annual auctions for commercial wireless providers, may soon lose the ability to license radio frequency bands if its spectrum...
View ArticleACI Files Re FCC Rulemaking to Prevent Digital Discrimination
ACI filed comments with FCC regarding requirements encompassed in section 60506 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, with the intent of informing a forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
View ArticleStatement on Reauthorizing the FCC’s Auction Authority
Earlier this month, the House Committee on Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology marked up H.R. 7783, the Extending America’s Auction Leadership Act. The bill would grant...
View ArticleThe FCC Should Auction the 12 GHz Spectrum
In recent months, efforts to reauthorize the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) auction authority have generated a number of media headlines due to the tremendous role these auctions play in the...
View ArticleThe FAA Delays More Than Flights
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced last month that Verizon and AT&T have agreed to delay some C-Band 5G usage until July 2023, as air carriers work to ensure they will not face...
View ArticleACI Files Comments with FCC Regarding Broadcast Merger
Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, DC 20554 Applications of TEGNA Inc., for Transfer of Control to Standard General, L.P. MB Docket 22-162 Comments of the American Consumer...
View ArticleFCC’s Consumer Advisory Committee Issues a Report on Illegal and Unwanted...
Last April, the Federal Communications Commission requested, in a Charge Letter, that its Consumer Advisory Committee (CAC), Chaired by ACI’s Steve Pociask, examine the problem of illegal and unwanted...
View ArticleThe Hill: FCC Needs Spectrum Auction Reauthorization
Once again, the expiration of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) ability to auction spectrum is on the chopping block come Dec. 16, and it’s a looming deadline that Congress needs to pay...
View ArticleNet Neutrality: Reclassifying Broadband Means Higher Consumer Prices
In an effort to impose net neutrality regulations, the FCC is considering the reclassification of broadband services from an “information service” to a “telecommunications service.” However,...
View ArticleACI Statement on the Spectrum Pipeline Act
ACI Statement on the Senate’s Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2024 ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – The American Consumer Institute (ACI) is pleased to learn that today Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and John Thune (R-SD)...
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