Split FCC votes probably will greet two controversial ownership orders set for votes Tuesday, industry and agency sources said. They expect commissioners to vote 3-2, with the Democrats resisting, for a media ownership order that in some cases would let a company own a station and a daily newspaper in the 20 largest markets (CD Dec 14 p1). An FCC official termed the outcome too distant to handicap. The official and other FCC sources also predicted a split vote on an order to cap at 30 percent the proportion of U.S. pay-TV subscribers each cable operator can serve.
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain new pneumatic off-the-road (OTR) tires from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued a notice stating that it is postponing the final determination on its antidumping duty investigation of glycine from India by 135 days to March 21, 2008.
GENEVA -- An ITU working group on telecom security gave preliminary approval to three spam-fighting standards. The action at a meeting Dec. 10 to 14 begins a “traditional” review by ITU member countries of specs with regulatory implications, said Herb Bertine of Alcatel-Lucent, speaking as chairman of ITU-T study group 17. If governments allow, the study group likely will approve them at a meeting April 7 to 18.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of purified carboxymethylcellulose from Sweden for the period of December 27, 2004 through June 30, 2006.
Comcast got preliminary approval to stop sales Jan. 15 in Maryland of some interstate and local exchange services, said a Friday FCC public notice seeking comment on the plan by Dec. 31. Comcast will continue to sell VoIP in Maryland after it ends circuit-switched service, a company spokeswoman said. The cable operator’s request takes effect automatically in 31 days unless the commission tells Comcast otherwise, the notice said. Cable systems nationwide have sought FCC permission to stop selling circuit-switched service to focus on VoIP.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain polyester staple fiber from Korea for the period of May 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of certain polyester staple fiber from Taiwan for the period of May 1, 2005 through April 30, 2006.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site monthly reports containing official October 2007 trade data from the Department of Census for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel:
Nokia GSM phones don’t infringe Qualcomm patents, a International Trade Commission judge said in an initial determination. The ruling isn’t a final decision. That will come in late April. But the commission historically doesn’t “disturb” it, former ITC lawyer Lyle Vander Schaaf said in an interview.