Aside from Portugal, which has regulated access to the incumbent's ducts since 2004, most European countries are only now examining duct access as a potential new SMP remedy to help regulate next generation access NGA networks (1). Is duct access a "silver bullet" in terms of regulating NGA? Certainly not....
According to Time Warner Telecom, current FCC pricing rules allow utilities to charge "telecommunications carrier" broadband providers like itself as much as 272 percent more than non-telecommunications carrier competitors to deploy fiber-optic infrastructure, even though telecom carrier attachments reportedly "impose no greater costs or burdens on pole...
Given the complexity of the legal and regulatory issues affecting pole attachments and the uncertainty of pole attachment cost recovery, it is little wonder that many electric cooperatives across the country have struggled with how best to manage the pole attachment activities of cable operators, telecommunications companies and others seeking...
By Rodney L. Pringle, rpringle@phillips.com The Supreme Court said this week it will review a lower court ruling pitting the Federal Communications Commission and cable operators against major utilities. The ruling said that the FCC can't regulate the fees utility companies charge cable television and wireless firms to...
WASHINGTON -- With the health of the data-over-cable business potentially at stake, the U.S. Department of Justice last Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to shield cable operators from paying exorbitant rates to attach their wires to poles and ducts WASHINGTON -- With the...
Federal regulators handed Nevada cable operators a major victory by ordering Nevada Bell to slash its annual pole-attachment rates by 82 percent. On June 18, the Federal Communications Commission's Cable Services Bureau declared the telco's annua Federal regulators handed Nevada cable operators...
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. appeals court last Thursday upheld several federal regulations designed to assist cable operators in attaching equipment to poles controlled by electric utilities. The decision came from a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Co WASHINGTON...
Michigan cable operators may yet have a say as to whether federal regulators finally allow Ameritech Corp. into the state's long-distance telephone market. Experts said Ameritech's dispute with Michigan operators over pole-attachment fees is anot Michigan cable operators may yet have a...
WASHINGTON - It's not a sexy subject like television violence. But it will result in one of the most significant decisions that the Federal Communications Commission will impose on the cable industry in the past 20 years. It's utility pole attach WASHINGTON...
By Linda Haugsted L.A. Utility Ties Rate to New Services When Time Warner Cable begins to serve the majority of cable subscribers in Los Angeles after the Adelphia Communications Corp. bankruptcy is resolved, the cable operator...
Cable operators hope they won't see big increases in pole-attachment fees, now that the courts and the Federal Communications Commission have solidified that agency's ability to regulate such levies. But Comcast Corp. of Kentucky's vice presi Cable operators...
WASHINGTON -- A Texas cable operator has won a pole-attachment dispute with utility company Entergy Corp., according to an order released by the Federal Communications Commission. The dispute was over the utility company's assessment of how m WASHINGTON...
WASHINGTON -- Kansas City Power & Light must make it possible for Time Warner Cable to use its utility poles in Overland Park, Kan., according to a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission last week. Time Warner filed a complaint w...
Some Operators May Face Pole Fee Woes Cable operators may be facing new headaches in a familiar area if they press ahead with plans to provide alternate-access services or signal transport for personal communications services. Already,...
From industry self-censoring to punitive responses from the Federal Communications Commission FCC, attempts to manage the content of electronic media have a long history. For example, Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show raised the issue of "hip-notic gyrations" (i.e., the network refused to show Elvis below the waist) and...
Carlos Checa and Ryuichi Kiyonari overcome a pit lane speed penalty to romp home comfortable winners in the 2008 Suzuka 8 Hours. The DREAM Honda duo - also World Superbike team-mates at Ten Kate Honda - finished a lap ahead of Daisaku Sakai and Atsushi Watanabe, this despite...
The FCC TSR Honda of Shinichi Itoh and Takeshi Tsujimura have taken pole position for the Suzuka 8 Hours after dominating the 'Special Stage' shootout. With the top ten going through to a similar qualifying system to 'Superpole', Itoh made the most of going last on the Honda...
Shinichi Itoh and Takeshi Tsujimura have taken provisional pole position for the Suzuka 8 Hours after Honda sneaked ahead of Suzuki in qualifying for the endurance event. Although the FCC TSR Honda 2 is not one of the more fancied factory-backed efforts from the Japanese giants, Itoh and...
According to Time Warner Telecom, current FCC pricing rules allow utilities to charge "telecommunications carrier" broadband providers like itself as much as 272 percent more than non-telecommunications carrier competitors to deploy fiber-optic infrastructure, even though telecom carrier attachments reportedly "impose no greater costs or burdens on pole...
Wireless News06-12-2006Peregrine Rolls Out 75-Ohm RF SwitchWIRELESS NEWS-June 12, 2006-Peregrine Rolls Out 75-Ohm RF Switch C2006 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Peregrine Semiconductor, a supplier of advanced RF CMOS integrated circuits, has announced availability of the RoHS- compliant PE42742 high-performance RF switch for broadband applications. Designed to exceed the strict FCC...
Articles 2006-06-12
<< Previous
page 1 of 1
Next >>
Premier Vendor Content
Whitepapers, webcasts & resources from our Power Center Sponsors
Beat the crowds and save big on their favorite sports gear! Shop today
