FCC Daily Digest

Report No: REPORT NO. PN-1-251124-01. Released: 2025-11-24. APPLICATIONS. MB. DOC-415528A1.pdf

Report No: REPORT NO. PN-3-251124-01. Released: 2025-11-24. PLEADINGS. MB. DOC-415530A1.pdf

Report No: REPORT NO. PN-2-251124-01. Released: 2025-11-24. ACTIONS. MB. DOC-415529A1.pdf

Released: 2025-11-24. DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATION FILED FOR THE TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF AMHERST TELEPHONE COMPANY D/B/A AMHERST COMMUNICATIONS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES TO AMHERST COMMUNICATIONS EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP TRUST . (DA No. 25-982). (Dkt No 25-309). Comments Due: 2025-12-08. Reply Comments Due: 2025-12-15. WCB OIA. Contact: Dennis Johnson, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-0809 or dennis.johnson@fcc.gov. DA-25-982A1.pdf

Released: 2025-11-21. DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATION FILED FOR THE TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF VTX COMMUNICATIONS, LLC FROM VALLEY TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC. TO CONTINENT COM OPERATING, INC. . (DA No. 25-980). (Dkt No 25-261). Comments Due: 2025-12-05. Reply Comments Due: 2025-12-12. WCB. Contact: Megan Danner, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-1151.. DA-25-980A1.pdf

Released: 2025-11-21. DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATION GRANTED FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN ASSETS OF EVERSTREAM SOLUTIONS LLC, DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION, EVERSTREAM GLC HOLDING COMPANY, LYNX NETWORK GROUP, INC., DEBTOR-IN-POSSESSION, AND HRS INTERNET, LLC . (DA No. 25-978). (Dkt No 25-245). WCB. Contact: Megan Danner, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at megan.danner@fcc.gov.. DA-25-978A1.pdf

IN THE MATTER OF COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC. FCC Enforcement Bureau enters into a $1.5M Consent Decree with Comcast in which Comcast agrees to implement a compliance plan that includes vendor oversight practices related to subscriber privacy and information protection.. Action by: Acting Chief, Enforcement Bureau. Adopted: 2025-11-24 by Consent Decree. (DA No. 25-973). EB. DA-25-973A1.pdf

TABLE OF TV ALLOTMENTS, ORDER, WEST POINT, MISSISSIPPI. Licensee withdraws request that the Bureau substitute channel 26 for channel 16 at West Point in the Table of TV Allotments.. (Dkt No 25-247 RM-12008). Action by: Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau. Adopted: 2025-11-24 by ORDER. (DA No. 25-983). MB. DA-25-983A1.pdf

DELETE, DELETE, DELETE. In this Fifth Direct Final Rule, the Commission deletes approximately 21 public safety and homeland security-related rule provisions that govern obsolete technology, are no longer used in practice, or are otherwise duplicative, outdated, or unnecessary.. (Dkt No 25-133). Action by: Commission. Adopted: 2025-11-20 by Direct Final Rule. (FCC No. 25-80). PSHSB. FCC-25-80A3.pdf

MEDIA BUREAU GRANTS BRIAN SMITH'S PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING THAT THE RULES OF THE ORANGETREE OF LAKE COUNTY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WINTER GARDEN, FLORIDA ARE PREEMPTED BY THE COMMISSION'S OVER-THE-AIR RECEPTION DEVICES RULE. Media Bureau determined that the Orangetree of Lake County Homeowners Association's antenna rules are preempted by the Commission's Over-the-Air Reception Devices Rule.. (Dkt No 25-214). Action by: Acting Chief, Media Bureau. Adopted: 2025-11-21 by Declaratory Ruling. (DA No. 25-975). MB. DA-25-975A1.pdf

IN THE MATTER OF UNIVERSAL SERVICE CONTRIBUTION METHODOLOGY, PETITION FOR WAIVER BY COBLENTZ TECHNOLOGY, LLC . Wireline Competition Bureau grants a petition for waiver by Coblentz Technology, LLC of the one-year downward revision deadline and finds that good cause exists to waiver the one-year revision deadline for the 2023 FCC Form 499-A.. (Dkt No 06-122). Action by: Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau . Adopted: 2025-11-21 by ORDER. (DA No. 25-981). WCB. DA-25-981A1.pdf

FCC ENFORCEMENT BUREAU ISSUES NOTICE OF ILLEGAL PIRATE RADIO BROADCASTING (NIPRB) TO PNK. The FCC Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Illegal Pirate Radio Broadcasting (NIPRB) per its authority from the PIRATE Act to Williamburg, VA property owner for allowing illegal broadcasting from their property.. by NIPRB. EB. DOC-415500A1.pdf

UPPER C-BAND (3.98-4.2 GHZ), PROTECTIVE ORDER. Protective Order setting forth procedures to limit access to proprietary or confidential information that may be filed in this proceeding and more strictly limit access to certain particularly competitively sensitive information.. (Dkt No 25-59). Action by: By the Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: 2025-11-21 by Protective Order. (DA No. 25-977). WTB.

DA-25-977A1.pdf

IN THE MATTER OF PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION BY ADS ADVANCED DATA SERVICES, INC., NEW ENGLAND TELEHEALTH CONSORTIUM, AND CONNECTIONS TELEHEALTH CONSORTIUM; RURAL HEALTH CARE SUPPORT MECHANISM; PROMOTING TELEHEALTH IN RURAL AMERICA . WCB grants two petitions for reconsideration, waiving the funding year 2025 application filing deadline in the Rural Healthcare (RHC) Program for certain health care providers.. (Dkt No 02-60 17-310). Action by: Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau. Adopted: 2025-11-21 by ORDER. (DA No. 25-979). WCB. DA-25-979A1.pdf

UPPER C-BAND (3.98-4.2 GHZ), NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING. In this NPRM, the Commission proposes to further expand the ecosystem for next generation wireless services by making as much as 180 megahertz of the Upper C-band available for terrestrial wireless flexible use via a system of competitive bidding.. (Dkt No 25-59). Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 2025-11-20 by NPRM. (FCC No. 25-78). WTB. FCC-25-78A4.pdf

PROTECTING THE NATION'S COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS FROM CYBERSECURITY THREATS. Following months-long engagement with providers to strengthen their cybersecurity posture, the Commission rescinds a Declaratory Ruling and NPRM that were based in part on flawed legal analysis and proposed ineffective cybersecurity requirements. . (Dkt No 22-329). Action by: Commission. Adopted: 2025-11-20 by ORDER. (FCC No. 25-81). PSHSB. FCC-25-81A4.pdf

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES AND SPEECH-TO-SPEECH SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH HEARING AND SPEECH DISABILITIES; SPEECH-TO-SPEECH AND INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) SPEECH-TO-SPEECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES . FCC proposal to modernize TRS through a rulemaking seeking information about how relay services can continue to be delivered efficiently in the current IP-based environment . (Dkt No 03-123 08-15). Action by: the Commission . Adopted: 2025-11-20 by NPRM. (FCC No. 25-79). CGB. FCC-25-79A3.pdf