Investors aren't concerned with much that regulators do, but some are closely watching the FCC's reimposition of Title II net neutrality rules, discrimination rules and the agency’s bulk-billing proposal, said former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, now a partner at private-equity firm Searchlight Capital. Pai spoke during a Free State Foundation webcast posted Tuesday. Also joining the webcast was former Commissioner Mike O’Rielly, who served with Pai.

The California Public Utilities Commission should freeze California LifeLine specific support amounts (SSA) until state regulators and stakeholders can find a better way of calculating them, a consumer group and low-income wireless service providers said in comments Monday. The CPUC is considering freezing the SSA at $19 for wireline and wireless providers (see 2405070050). Meanwhile, consumer advocates defended their petition for temporary bridge funding through LifeLine that would help cover the loss of federal affordable connectivity program (ACP) support.

It’s a “good thing” business leaders are thinking harder about antitrust risk when pursuing potential deals, even if the Biden administration’s policies have been “disorienting,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said Tuesday. Khan and DOJ Antitrust Division Chief Jonathan Kanter defended their antitrust approach during CNBC's CEO Council Summit.

Increased lunar activity is revealing a host of unanswered spectrum and other regulatory questions, space law experts said Tuesday at an American Bar Association space law symposium in Washington. In addition, legal liability questions about space mishaps are another area with more uncertainty than definitive answers, speakers said.

The FCC’s Oct. 25 declaratory ruling authorizing E-rate funding for Wi-Fi on school buses (see 2312200040) was simply the commission’s response to requests to add to the list of services eligible for support under the E-rate program, the FCC’s 5th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court appellee brief said Monday (docket 23-60641) in support of the ruling.

A coalition of industry groups on Friday challenged the FCC's net neutrality order and declaratory ruling reclassifying broadband as a Communications Act Title II telecom service (see 2405310074). The coalition asked the FCC to stay the effective date of its order and declaratory ruling pending judicial review. Coalition members included USTelecom, NCTA, CTIA, ACA Connects and several state broadband associations.

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes (R) is seeking the dismissal of count VI of NetChoice’s 11-count complaint that argues Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (see 2405060006) preempts the state’s Minor Protection in Social Media Act, a motion said Friday (docket 2:23-cv-00911) in U.S. District Court for Utah in Salt Lake City. Katherine Hass, director of Utah’s Division of Consumer Protection, joined Reyes in the motion.

The FCC should include ship-to-aerostat transmissions in rules for the 70/80/90 GHz bands, Aeronet said in reply comments to a January Further NPRM (see 2401290032). The FNPRM asks about including fixed satellite service (FSS) earth stations in the light-licensing regime for the 70/80 GHz bands and was expanded to also inquire about aerostats -- airborne transmitters operating within a small area, below 1,000 feet of elevation.

The FCC’s updated data breach notification rule “encapsulates the wrong way for the administrative state to approach rulemaking,” TechFreedom’s 6th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court amicus brief said Thursday in support of the five petitioners seeking to invalidate the rule as contrary to law (see 2402210026).

Don't expect traditional methods of protecting radio astronomy from spectral interference to work when it comes to supplemental coverage from space (SCS), according to radio astronomy interests. In comments last week (docket 23-65), radio astronomy advocates repeatedly warned that SCS service poses a significant interference risk. Multiple parties said SCS service is too new to justify emergency calling requirements. The FCC's SCS framework order adopted in March (see 2403140050) included a Further NPRM on 911 and radio astronomy issues.