Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., will soon reintroduce a bill to require wireless service providers to accurately disclose the terms of their services to consumers, she said Tuesday at an event hosted by the Broadband Breakfast Club. She said the bill will “ensure that consumers will know what they are getting before committing to a two-year contract.” Eshoo’s senior technology policy adviser, David Grossman, said during a panel at the event the bill will likely drop “in the coming weeks.” Separately, House Commerce Committee Democrats re-elected Eshoo as ranking member of the Communications Subcommittee (see separate report). Ranking members are still subject to approval by the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and the Democratic Caucus.

The satellite industry backed the FCC’s effort to streamline Part 25 rules for earth and space station licensing processes and offered revisions to some technical standards, in comments in docket 12-267. NCTA, NPR and some satellite entities expressed concerns about rules for the Automatic Transmitter Identification System (ATIS). Comments on the rulemaking notice approved at the Sept. 28 FCC meeting (CD Oct 1 p10) were due Monday.

T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel told the FCC in separate reply comments some kind of local or regional coordination is necessary for public safety answering points (PSAPs) to ensure a smooth transition to a next-generation 911 world. The National Emergency Number Association (NENA), meanwhile, offered some basic principles for an NG911 transition. Reply comments on a Nov. 13 public notice by the FCC’s Public Safety Bureau were due at the FCC Monday. Industry groups filed initial comments last month (CD Dec 17 p7).

Several stakeholders complained about and appealed the Colorado Public Utilities Commission’s deregulatory reform, which the PUC ordered and adopted in late December (CD Dec 18 p9). Many voiced concerns in interviews immediately after the PUC adopted the order (CD Dec 26 p8), reflecting loud debate that happened in the months leading up to the order, and filed their concerns formally this week. The PUC initiated its telecom reform in August and ultimately chose to cap its high-cost fund at $54 million, cut retail regulation and reduce high-cost funding in areas deemed effectively competitive, among other changes.

The updated Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rule is not meant to limit child-directed websites or include general audience websites, said Mamie Kresses, senior attorney at the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection. Kresses, during a Monday event on the updated FTC rule, outlined the ways in which the rule -- updated in December CD Dec 20 p10) -- gives operators flexibility, and encouraged attendees to ask questions of the commission.

Proposed changes to FCC forms used to report annual and quarterly revenue raise Paperwork Reduction Act concerns, Sprint Nextel said in comments filed Friday. Carriers also questioned whether the new language on reseller certification conflicts with the commission’s 2012 wholesaler-reseller clarification order. Most commenters commended the commission for soliciting suggestions on the instruction changes, but XO cautioned that even with comments the instructions lack the legal significance of an actual rule.

C-SPAN asked a federal court to dismiss antitrust allegations raised by Sky Angel, an online video distributor. Sky Angel sued C-SPAN In U.S. District Court, Washington, D.C. (CD Nov 14 p15), saying the cable network, a service of the major cable operators, refused to license its programming to Sky Angel’s Internet video service.

The Wi-Fi Alliance, Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) and other wireless groups urged the FCC to ensure that Globalstar further addresses issues in its petition for a rulemaking to use its Big low-earth orbit (LEO) spectrum for terrestrial use. Comments in docket RM-11685 were due Monday.

The Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee’s push to delve deeper into spectrum sharing, especially in the 1755-1850 MHz, is starting to bear fruit. CSMAC is slated to hear reports at its meeting Thursday from several of its key working groups looking at the hundreds of issues that will arise if government users in the band share the spectrum with commercial operators. But several of the groups say they won’t meet a February due date for final reports.

Dish Network isn’t under the gun to immediately begin building out its terrestrial wireless network, but it must carefully decide whether it will proceed with a buildout and bid for the adjacent H block, said some wireless and satellite analysts. The FCC’s granting of AWS-4 spectrum to Dish, allowing it to use spectrum for a terrestrial service, put restrictions on its out-of-band-emissions limits to protect H block and buildout requirements (CD Dec 19 p5). The buildout timeframe isn’t tight and gives Dish time to plan its next move carefully, observers said.