Trump’s FCC head says reducing competition will lower prices.

WASHINGTON, D.C. —Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has ended the agency’s consideration of a 2024 proposal that sought to regulate so-called “bulk billing” broadband arrangements for entire buildings that might limit consumer choice.

The commission’s new chair announced Monday that the potential rule is dead, in a move applauded by apartment associations.

Brendan Carr will move the complaints against ABC, NBC and CBS – which accused them of being partial to Kamala Harris – back to active or pending status.

Brendan Carr is now formally the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, giving him the power to set the agency’s agenda and usher through a host of regulations with major implications for the tech and media industries as soon as he has a Republican majority.

Brendan Carr closed out his first week as FCC chairman by coming to decisions on four more leadership positions within the commission.

Brendan Carr announced around a dozen new staff appointments in one of his first acts as Chairman of the FCC. This article, New FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announces staff appointments, was first published at The Desk.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has dropped the previous administration's proposal to ban bulk billing deals that require tenants to pay for a specific provider's Internet service.

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said Monday the agency will drop a proposed Biden administration plan to ban broadband internet "bulk billing" for residents of apartments, condominiums and public housing.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has revived three complaints against broadcast stations accused of bias against President Donald Trump.

Brendan Carr says the the proposal would have raised internet prices for apartments tenants. But the old FCC chair argued the opposite and said bulk billing arrangements risked unwanted costs.

The Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced that the agency will abandon the proposed plan from the Biden administration to ban bulk billing for broadband internet in residential areas.