Today's Regulatory Mix: FCC Announces First-Ever Certification for Automatic Speech Recognition IP Captioned Telephone Service, FCC Commissioner and U.S. Representative Announce Connecting Michigan: From Internet Inequality to Digital Equity
FCC Announces First-Ever Certification for Automatic Speech Recognition IP Captioned Telephone Service
The FCC announced that it granted conditional certification to MachineGenius to provide Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (IP CTS) using only automatic speech recognition (ASR) technology.
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Topics:
FCC,
Michigan,
BIAS,
Michigan broadband internet access,
IP CTS,
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks,
U.S. Congress
FCC Announces Shut-down Plans
The FCC announced that it will suspend most operations in the middle of the day today (Thursday, January 3, 2019) if the partial lapse in government funding continues. During the shut-down content on the FCC’s website will remain available but will not be updated (except for matters related to spectrum auctions and as necessary for the protection of life and property). The FCC’s filing window and mail operations will also be closed except to receive filings related to spectrum auction activities. Many filing deadlines will also be extended, as described below.
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Topics:
BIAS,
CORES,
DIRS,
NORS,
FCC Shutdown Plan,
USAC Board Members,
FCC Filing Deadlines,
BIAS Congressional Review ACT I,
EDOCS,
Auction Bidding System,
FCC Form 477 Online Filing System,
911 Reliability Certification System
Today: US House Net Neutrality Bill, US House FCC Oversight Hearing, Colorado Sprint and T-Mobile File for PUC Approval of Merger, House Energy and Commerce Committee Probes on Location Sharing Practices
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Topics:
Net Neutrality,
BIAS,
US Congress FCC Oversight Hearing,
ISPs,
Sprint T-Mobile Merger,
Title VIII,
internet service providers,
location sharing practices
Now that the FCC has officially voted to reclassify broadband Internet access service (BIAS) as an information service,
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Topics:
BIAS,
Home Page,
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology,
Broadband Internet Access Service,
FTC Guidlines,
FCC Rules
Today: FCC to Reclassify Internet Access as Information Service, FCC Commissioners React to Reclassification of Internet Access, House Energy and Commerce Committee reaction to Internet Access Reclassification, DOJ Challenges AT&T/DirecTV’s Acquisition of Time Warner
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Topics:
ATT-DIRECTV,
BIAS,
FCC Commissioner O'Rielly,
FCC Commissioner Clyburn,
FCC Commissioner Carr,
FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel,
DOJ civil antitrust lawsuit,
FCC Broadband Internet Access Service,
Reclassification of Internet Access,
FTC to protect consumers' online privacy,
overturn the market disrupting net neutrality,
US House Energy and Commerce Committee,
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai,
Federal Trade Commission
Today: FCC Open Internet/Net Neutrality Reclassification Proceeding, FCC Urban Rate Study and Minimum Usage Allowances, CRTC Communications Monitoring Report Data on Wireless and Internet Usage
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Topics:
Net Neutrality,
ETCs,
BIAS,
broadband internet access,
FCC Open Internet,
Internet Usage,
2018 Benchmarks,
FCC Urban Rate Study and Minimum Usage Allowances,
Canadian Radio-television and Telecom Commission,
CRTC Communications Monitoring Report Data,
Wireless Usage