BYOD Programs Raise Important Tax Issues
As we noted recently, employers are increasingly adopting Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs, in which employees access their work email and apps on personal devices. Our colleagues at...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: FCC Considers Alternative Band Plans for Post-Incentive...
In a Public Notice released yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission asked for comments on several possible plans for reorganizing the spectrum currently used by television broadcasters....
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: FCC Draws Criticism on Band Plan Proposals
A joint statement released today by AT&T, the National Association of Broadcasters, and Verizon criticized the FCC for seeking comments on new proposals for reorganizing the spectrum currently used...
View ArticleFCC: Customer Data Carriers Obtain Through Mobile Devices Subject to Existing...
Telecommunications carriers and providers of interconnected VoIP service with access to certain kinds of customer information collected through mobile devices are subject to existing privacy rules...
View ArticleFrench Competition Authority Probes Whether Mobile App Stores “Lock-In” Users
The French Competition Authority (FCA) is currently investigating the mobile app market. In the context of the publication of the 2012 Annual Report, FCA’s President Bruno Lasserre revealed that the...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: Congress, FCC Consider Options for TV Spectrum Repacking,...
A congressional subcommittee held an oversight hearing Tuesday addressing the Federal Communications Commission’s progress in setting rules for the upcoming incentive auction of television broadcast...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: Auction of H Block Spectrum Licenses
Continuing its efforts to license spectrum for mobile broadband uses consistent with the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, the FCC announced that it will auction spectrum licenses...
View ArticleNew EU Telecoms Regulation Proposals: Analysis Part 1 – Net Neutrality
Written by Ezra Steinhardt and Colin Warriner On 12 September, 2013, the European Commission formally adopted a proposal for a new Telecommunications Regulation (the “Regulation”). The Regulation...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: FCC Releases Information Related to Repacking Process
Last week, the FCC released a Public Notice (“PN”), following up on its July Public Notice, concerning the software to be used during the Incentive Auction to determine whether the acceptance of each...
View ArticleLess Than One Month Until May 29, 2015 Pre-Auction Licensing Deadline
The FCC Media Bureau’s designated May 29, 2015 “Pre-Auction Licensing Deadline” is rapidly approaching. Full power and Class A facilities must be licensed by this deadline in order to be eligible for...
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