Regulation
Wireless Service Keeps Getting Cheaper: Americans Are Getting More for Less
By Blake Reed There’s some welcome relief for American pocketbooks: wireless service continues to buck the trend of rising costs, delivering dramatically better value year after year. Along with broadband, prices for wireless phone service continue to decline thanks to robust competition, market-driven spectrum policy, and a…
FCC Clarifies Section 310(b) Foreign Ownership Rules: A Small Step Toward Regulatory Sanity
By Blake Reed The Federal Communications Commission’s Media Bureau has issued new guidance that brings some clarity to broadcasters struggling with inadvertent violations of the agency’s foreign ownership restrictions. Released as DA 26-501, the document sets out how the FCC will process various broadcast applications…
Maryland has too many cooks in the regulatory kitchen
By Nate Norris Could tennis be effectively played with 6 people? How about 16? Such a distinction is lost on Maryland’s regulatory telecommunication bodies, whose onerous regulations and conflicting requirements turned the installation of a single utility pole into a regulatory feud in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland.
Modernize Cable Infrastructure
By Rohan Naval On September 29, 2025, Digital Liberty submitted comments to the Federal Communications Commission on copper line retirement plans. As the market opts into more efficient fiber cables, the insistence on prolonging the modernization process prevents consumers from accessing better technology. …
Choosing America Over California in AI
By Rohan Naval On September 19, The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and Artificial Intelligence, held a hearing titled “AI at a Crossroads: A Nationwide Strategy or Californication?” The hearing examined what a national strategy for artificial intelligence would look like. This builds off the White…
Digital Liberty Joins Coalition Urging FCC to Stand for Free Speech
By James Erwin On September 8, 2025, Digital Liberty joined a coalition letter urging the Federal Communications Commission to avoid intervening in free-market negotiations between broadcast networks and affiliates. Conservatives have long stood for removing regulatory burdens in the telecommunications sector, which hurt broadcasters, consumers,…
FCC Upholds Market Competition, Declines to Mandate NextGenTV
By Rohan Naval On September 2, The Federal Communications Commission issued a clarification on the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) 3.0 transition. The bureau’s actions help uphold free market principles in the digital world, affirming their push to modernize regulations. The ATSC 3.0…
FCC Cuts Regulations Hampering Infrastructure Investments
By Andrew Gins On March 20, 2025, the FCC moved decisively to modernize America’s communications infrastructure. The commission announced a series of permitting reforms to accelerate the transition from copper-based networks to modern, high-speed broadband infrastructure, reforms that will help facilitate investment in broadband infrastructure and improve broadband…
Biden’s midnight rule on chips will only help the Chinese Communist Party
By James Erwin Despite President Trump’s victory last month on a pledge to cut bureaucracy and regulation, the Biden administration is rushing through midnight rules on their way out the door. This week, the administration announced one of its most brazen attempts yet at central planning under the…
The FCC Might Let Seven People Ruin A Whole Market
By James Erwin The Biden Administration, in a sign of its total capture by the interests of the affluent upper middle class, continues its war on so-called “junk fees,” minor expenses that people with disposable income find annoying. Ever the dutiful foot-soldier, FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced her…