FiberTower Petitions FCC For Service Relief
Following its Chapter 11 filing last summer and some adverse licensing decisions handed down by the FCC, Calif.-based FiberTower Corporation has asked the agency for permission to discontinue some of its services (as of April 30) in Gillette, Ark.; Denver; Washington, D.C.; Tampa; Atlanta; Baltimore and other suburban portions of Maryland; Boston; Detroit; New Jersey; New York; Cleveland; Pittsburgh; Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Waco, Texas; and in all of Virginia. The operator currently offers point-to-point wireless, and fiber-optic backhaul and transport services that use fixed wireless and fiber-optic circuits. Comments on this petition (WC Docket No. 13-9 and Comp. Pol. File No. 1072) are due Jan. 28.

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MSNBC-NBC News Split Dates Set

In a Wednesday editorial call reported on by the trades, MSNBC SVP, Newsgathering Scott Matthews outlined when the cable network will break away from NBC News as part of the Versant spinoff from NBCUniversal

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