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FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau releases a Public Notice seeking comment on multiple petitions for emergency relief asking the FCC to permit...

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau issued a Public Notice acknowledging Charter’s withdrawal of its Petition for consent to sunset on...

NATOA files joint intervenor brief in League of California Cities, et al v. FCC challenging the FCC’s June 9th Declaratory Ruling expanding...

FCC releases a Report and Order updating the rules for over-the-air reception devices (OTARD). The new rules will apply to “hub and...

NATOA, along with several municipalities and municipal organizations, files a Petition for Reconsideration of the FCC’s November 3, 2020...

FCC issues a Public Notice seeking comment on use of a $3.2 billion fund to establish an Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, under which eligible...

In late December, NATOA had the opportunity to meet with President-Elect Biden’s FCC Agency Review Team (ART) to discuss local...

FCC releases a Report and Order finding that excavation and deployments up to 30 feet outside a tower site will not defeat the application of...

Legal & Regulatory Update by Nancy Werner, NATOA General Counsel The events of 2020 did not slow our work on the regulatory front. The FCC...

NATOA files an Intervenor Brief and Reply Brief, along with the City of New York, the Florida League of Cities and several Florida cities,...

NATOA files Comments and Reply Comments with NLC, USCM, NACo and NATaT opposing the FCC’s NPRM proposing changes to the 6409(a) rules...

On July 20, 2020, NATOA, along with USCM, NLC and NACo, filed Reply Comments in the FCC proceeding related to radiofrequency emissions standards....