Wireless Roundup (December 2023)

Key Wireless Deadlines

FCC Seeks Comment on Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet: In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) proposes to reinstate the open Internet rules the Commission adopted in its previous 2015 Open Internet Order. Specifically, the NPRM proposes to reclassify broadband internet access service (BIAS) as a telecommunications service under Title II of the Communications Act and mobile broadband internet access service as a commercial mobile service. The Commission proposes to forbear from applying certain Title II requirements to BIAS but would subject internet service providers (ISPs) to the Commission's consumer privacy regime and Section 214 of the Act, among other Title II obligations. The NPRM also proposes to prohibit ISPs from engaging in blocking, throttling, or paid prioritization. Comments are due December 14, 2023, and reply comments are due January 17, 2024. For