The FCC may approve in coming weeks the latest Communications Act Section 706 report. It's expected to conclude that broadband is being deployed in a reasonable and timely manner and say 25/3 Mbps downstream/upstream remains an appropriate benchmark for fixed service, FCC and industry officials said. FCC Democrats want to wait for the new administration, officials said. The report is due in February, after the start of Joe Biden's presidency.
The FCC may approve in coming weeks the latest Communications Act Section 706 report. It's expected to conclude that broadband is being deployed in a reasonable and timely manner and say 25/3 Mbps downstream/upstream remains an appropriate benchmark for fixed service, FCC and industry officials said. FCC Democrats want to wait for the new administration, officials said. The report is due in February, after the start of Joe Biden's presidency.
The FCC may approve in coming weeks the latest Communications Act Section 706 report. It's expected to conclude that broadband is being deployed in a reasonable and timely manner and say 25/3 Mbps downstream/upstream remains an appropriate benchmark for fixed service, FCC and industry officials said. FCC Democrats want to wait for the new administration, officials said. The report is due in February, after the start of Joe Biden's presidency.
The FCC should prioritize utility pole replacement complaints to speed up broadband deployment and clarify what constitutes "proportionate and equitable" costs, Incompas told the Wireline Bureau, Chairman Ajit Pai, and Commissioners Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks, an ex parte letter said Tuesday. NCTA petitioned the FCC in July for an expedited declaratory ruling on pole attachments (see 2007170023).
Others at FCC also retiring at year's end (see this section, Dec. 10) as announced at Thursday's commissioners' meeting by Chairman Ajit Pai are Senior Counsel-Number Administration, Wireline Bureau Marilyn Jones; Brock Fakken, IT specialist and webmaster for Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau; and Media Bureau Attorney-Adviser Stephen Svab; and those who retired from the Media Bureau in recent months: Electronics Engineer Gary Loehrs and Industry Analyst Kay Whitfield ... Texas Public Utility Commission Executive Director JP Urban resigns.
Deluxe hires George Eyles from Vista Group as executive vice president-general manager, worldwide cinema ... Broadcom promotions, reporting to President-CEO Hock Tan: Chief Financial Officer Tom Krause moves to president of the new Infrastructure Software Group; Charlie Kawwas advances to chief operating officer, still running sales for Semiconductor and Brocade Storage Networking businesses and corporate marketing for all of Broadcom; and Kirsten Spears advances to CFO ... Incompas board names Allied Telecom CEO Ken Williams to an open director's seat in the medium category ... At Broadband Forum Service Provider Action Council, Mike Talbert from Verizon and Weiqiang Cheng of China Mobile named vice chairs ... 8x8 promotes Dave Sipes to CEO and board member; ex-CEO Vik Verma helps "the transition in an advisory role" ... ViacomCBS moves up Raffaele Annecchino to president-CEO, ViacomCBS Networks International, succeeding David Lynn, departing after a transition ... RingCentral names Matthew Bishop, ex-Microsoft, chief digital officer ... Discovery taps Jim Keller, ex-Hulu, for executive vice president-digital ad sales and advanced advertising, before Jan. 4 U.S. launch of discovery+ streaming service (see 2012020049).
Others at FCC also retiring at year's end (see this section, Dec. 10) as announced at Thursday's commissioners' meeting by Chairman Ajit Pai are Senior Counsel-Number Administration, Wireline Bureau Marilyn Jones; Brock Fakken, IT specialist and webmaster for Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau; and Media Bureau Attorney-Adviser Stephen Svab; and those who retired from the Media Bureau in recent months: Electronics Engineer Gary Loehrs and Industry Analyst Kay Whitfield ... Texas Public Utility Commission Executive Director JP Urban resigns.
NTCA elects Fred Johnson, Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, as chairman; Keith Oliver, Home Telephone Co., as vice chairman; and Barry Adair, Wabash Communications Co-Op, as secretary/treasurer ... Optimus Ride taps ex-Verizon Vice President, City Solutions Sean Harrington as CEO and member of its board, replacing co-founder Ryan Chin, who remains at the autonomous vehicle technology systems developer "with responsibility over policy and sustainability initiatives" ... WWE appoints Karen Mullane controller-chief accounting officer; she's ex-corporate controller and interim chief financial officer, Etsy ... Board member Arun Sarin leaves Cisco, which says directors "reduced the size of the Board to nine members effective with Mr. Sarin’s resignation."
NTCA elects Fred Johnson, Farmers Telecommunications Cooperative, as chairman; Keith Oliver, Home Telephone Co., as vice chairman; and Barry Adair, Wabash Communications Co-Op, as secretary/treasurer ... Optimus Ride taps ex-Verizon Vice President, City Solutions Sean Harrington as CEO and member of its board, replacing co-founder Ryan Chin, who remains at the autonomous vehicle technology systems developer "with responsibility over policy and sustainability initiatives" ... WWE appoints Karen Mullane controller-chief accounting officer; she's ex-corporate controller and interim chief financial officer, Etsy ... Board member Arun Sarin leaves Cisco, which says directors "reduced the size of the Board to nine members effective with Mr. Sarin’s resignation."
An omnibus FY 2021 appropriations measure under negotiation is likely to include funding for the FCC to implement the Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability Act (S-1822), said House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., Thursday. He told a USTelecom webinar that he believes movement on infrastructure legislation like the House-passed Moving Forward Act (HR-2) is “not going to happen” during the waning days of the lame-duck session, but “hopefully we can get it passed” and enacted after President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Many advocates of federal broadband spending are optimistic a Biden administration will be able to reach a deal with Congress on infrastructure legislation (see 2011200056).