FCC commissioners are expected to OK 4-0 an order on secure telephone identity revisited (Stir) and signature-based handling of asserted information using tokens (Shaken) rules and an NPRM on certification requirements for VoIP providers seeking numbering access. They could potentially have tweaks sought by Commissioner Brendan Carr, said industry and agency officials in interviews last week. Both are set for a vote at Thursday’s meeting (see 2107150066).

Incompas asked the FCC for more certainty on secure telephone identity revisited (Stir) and signature-based handling of asserted information using tokens (Shaken) rules, urging tweaks to rules on appeals when a provider’s service provider code is revoked. The FCC has a role to play in considering appeals, said a filing posted Thursday in docket 21-291. Incompas “would prefer the Commission set a time limit on its review period.” Commissioners vote this coming Thursday (see 2107150066).

Incompas asked the FCC for more certainty on secure telephone identity revisited (Stir) and signature-based handling of asserted information using tokens (Shaken) rules, urging tweaks to rules on appeals when a provider’s service provider code is revoked. The FCC has a role to play in considering appeals, said a filing posted Thursday in docket 21-291. Incompas “would prefer the Commission set a time limit on its review period.” Commissioners vote this coming Thursday (see 2107150066).

Stakeholders divided in comments Friday on a Treasury Department-proposed final rule allowing only broadband projects in areas without 25/3 Mbps to be eligible for the $350 billion in state and local funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (see 2105100060).

Wireless has a big role to play in infrastructure building and looks like it will be part of bipartisan legislation, Wireless Infrastructure Association President Jonathan Adelstein told a Media Institute virtual event. "Fiber-only” may be “well-intentioned” but would “crash on the messy rocks of reality in rural America,” he said. At another event Thursday, Commissioner Nathan Simington raised concerns about how far the FCC can go on data security and privacy.

Wireless has a big role to play in infrastructure building and looks like it will be part of bipartisan legislation, Wireless Infrastructure Association President Jonathan Adelstein told a Media Institute virtual event. "Fiber-only” may be “well-intentioned” but would “crash on the messy rocks of reality in rural America,” he said. At another event also Thursday, Commissioner Nathan Simington raised concerns about how far the FCC can go on data security and privacy.

Wireless has a big role to play in infrastructure building and looks like it will be part of bipartisan legislation, Wireless Infrastructure Association President Jonathan Adelstein told a Media Institute virtual event. "Fiber-only” may be “well-intentioned” but would “crash on the messy rocks of reality in rural America,” he said. At another event also Thursday, Commissioner Nathan Simington raised concerns about how far the FCC can go on data security and privacy.

The Communications Workers of America and Incompas launched lobbying on Thursday on a broadband title in coming infrastructure legislation (see 2107080066). CWA wants to bar companies receiving federal broadband money from interfering with union organizing and from hiring subcontractors for connectivity projects to avoid collective bargaining. Incompas and its BroadLand campaign released videos backing the Broadband Reform and Investment to Drive Growth in the Economy Act. S-2071, believed to form part of the basis for the $65 billion broadband component of a bipartisan infrastructure package President Joe Biden backed in June (see 2106290066), would allocate $40 billion for connectivity. The videos feature lead S-2071 sponsors Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Angus King, I-Maine.

The Communications Workers of America and Incompas launched lobbying on Thursday on a broadband title in coming infrastructure legislation (see 2107080066). CWA wants to bar companies receiving federal broadband money from interfering with union organizing and from hiring subcontractors for connectivity projects to avoid collective bargaining. Incompas and its BroadLand campaign released videos backing the Broadband Reform and Investment to Drive Growth in the Economy Act. S-2071, believed to form part of the basis for the $65 billion broadband component of a bipartisan infrastructure package President Joe Biden backed in June (see 2106290066), would allocate $40 billion for connectivity. The videos feature lead S-2071 sponsors Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Angus King, I-Maine.

After the FCC wrapped up the comment cycle on possible use of 12 GH for 5G, some experts said having a permanent chair will help move things along. Divisions remain on whether the FCC can safely open the band. Replies were due Wednesday. Proponents and critics told us the key will be how convincing the FCC finds the technical case asserting that incumbent satellite operators in the band can safely share with terrestrial use.