FCC, Telecommunications, Wireless Devices

FCC Considers Significant Overhaul of Nation’s Alert and Warning Systems

Wiley Rein LLP on 8/12/2025

On August 7, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to reexamine the nation’s warning and alert systems, including the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)...more

Ring, Ring, it’s the FCC Calling- TracFone to Pay $16M to Settle FCC Investigation

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/2/2024

TracFone, the pre-paid phone company, recently settled with the FCC over allegations that the company failed to protect customer information during three different data incidents. According to the FCC, in each of the...more

Tracfone Settles FCC Investigation for $16 Million

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/25/2024

This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a settlement with TracFone Wireless to resolve investigations into whether TracFone failed to reasonably protect its customers’ information from unauthorized...more

FCC Releases Proposed Rule for Codifying Updates to the TCPA

Venable LLP on 7/12/2023

As we recently previewed, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published its Proposed Rule that would codify its updated guidance on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The TCPA regulates calls and text...more

FCC Publishes Robotexting Report and Order and FNPRM in the Federal Register

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/12/2023

On April 11, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) published a Report and Order (R&O) in the Federal Register, setting an effective date of May 11, 2023 for certain of its rules. The R&O establishes...more

Wireless Roundup (October 2021)

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/1/2021

Key Wireless Deadlines - CISA Seeks Comment on its Zero Trust Maturity Model: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) requests comment on its draft Zero Trust Maturity Model. This draft publication is...more

FCC Promotes Radiofrequency Device Innovation by Relaxing Importation, Marketing Requirements

Morgan Lewis on 7/6/2021

The Federal Communications Commission on June 17, 2021, unanimously approved relaxed rules regarding the importation and marketing of a broad range of radiofrequency devices, such as computer equipment, smartphones, wireless...more

Reminder: Wireless Handset Manufacturer Hearing Aid Compatibility Status Report Due July 15, 2019

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 6/27/2019

By midnight EDT on Monday, July 15, 2019, every manufacturer of wireless handsets that are used in the delivery of digital commercial mobile radio service (“CMRS”) must file with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”...more

FCC Proposes Mobile Phone E911 Vertical Location Accuracy Standard

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 3/6/2019

At its March 15 Open Meeting, the FCC intends to vote on a Fourth Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“FNPRM”) in its Wireless E911 Location Accuracy Requirements proceeding that would consider adoption of a vertical, or...more

FCC Takes Big Robocall Action During Winter Open Meeting

Womble Bond Dickinson on 12/13/2018

As expected we saw some big robocall news out of D.C. this morning. The FCC has made two rulings today that will impact American cell phones users in a big way. First, the FCC confirmed that text messages remain...more

District Court of Minnesota Finds Calls to a Reassigned Number Did Not Violate the TCPA

Burr & Forman on 11/19/2018

In Roark v. Credit One Bank, N.A., No. 16-173 (PAM/ECW), 2018 WL 5921652 (D. Minn. Nov. 13, 2018), the District Court of Minnesota found that calls to a reassigned phone number did not violate the TCPA because the caller’s...more

FCC Expands Spectrum Available for 5G Wireless Deployment

Perkins Coie on 6/14/2018

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently adopted a number of orders and proposed rules affecting the availability and use of millimeter-wave spectrum for advanced fifth generation (5G) wireless networks. This is...more

FCC Reduces Regulatory Barriers to 5G Wireless Deployment

Perkins Coie on 4/17/2018

The Federal Communications Commission recently adopted an order containing sweeping regulatory changes to speed the deployment of advanced wireless services to provide connectivity for innovative Internet of Things, augmented...more

D.C. Circuit Rejects FCC’s Interpretation of Automatic Telephone Dialing System Under TCPA

BCLP on 4/6/2018

As retailers continue to be sued for alleged violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), a long-awaited ruling by the D.C. Circuit on the FCC’s 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order (“2015 Order”) may provide...more

D.C. Circuit Rejects FCC’s TCPA Interpretation

BCLP on 3/28/2018

On March 16, 2018, the D.C. Circuit issued its long-awaited opinion on the FCC’s 2015 Declaratory Ruling and Order (“2015 Order”) interpreting various sections of the Telephone Consumer Collection Practices Act (“TCPA”). Of...more

Focused on 5G: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Chief Don Stockdale Delivers Keynote Address on Top Issues Before the FCC

Hogan Lovells on 12/21/2017

In his keynote address at the 6th Annual Winnik Forum, Don Stockdale, the FCC’s new Wireless Bureau Chief, described the primary issues he faces as promoting innovation, making more spectrum available for commercial use, and...more

Fast and furious? Connected cars, jamming, and the battle for spectrum

Hogan Lovells on 9/14/2017

Times are changing in the automotive industry, and changing fast. In this hoganlovells.com interview, Washington, D.C.-based Hogan Lovells partner Ari Fitzgerald talks about the challenges facing car manufacturers as they...more

FCC Reforms its Equipment Approval Processes, Easing Burden on Device Manufacturers

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 7/18/2017

Last Thursday, the FCC reformed its equipment approval rules, which Commissioner Clyburn described as the first “comprehensive” review of these rules since 1998, although the rules remain complex and challenged by the fast...more

FCC Allows Wireless Carriers and Device Manufacturers to Replace Text Telephony with Real-Time Text Technology

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 12/22/2016

On December 15, 2016, at the last Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Open Meeting under Chairman Tom Wheeler’s tenure, the Commission voted unanimously to adopt a Report and Order (Order) and Further Notice...more

New FCC and Administration Initiatives Adopted to Support the Internet of Things

Perkins Coie on 9/8/2016

The Federal Communications Commission and the Obama administration recently adopted several important initiatives to facilitate innovation in and rapid deployment of the nascent Internet of Things (IoT). The FCC identified...more

FCC Proposes New Rules Governing Hearing Aid Compatible Telephones

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/12/2015

The FCC issued on Oct.30, 2015 a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would update several rules governing hearing aid compatible (HAC) telephones and handsets. The proposed rules apply to manufactures, including, for the first...more

Third Circuit Gives TCPA Autodialer Plaintiffs Staying Power

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 11/5/2015

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently became the first federal appellate court to apply the Federal Communications Commission’s declaratory ruling that expanded the notion of what constitutes an...more

Wisconsin District Court Extends Stay in TCPA Case Pending Judicial Review of FCC Order

Burr & Forman on 11/5/2015

In Gensel v. Performant Technologies, Inc., No. 13-C-1196, 2015 WL 6158072, (E.D. Wisc. Oct. 20, 2015), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin granted Performant Technologies, Inc.’s (“Performant”)...more

FCC Proposes Reform of Radiofrequency Equipment Authorization Rules

Morgan Lewis on 8/31/2015

Faced with the rapid growth of increasingly complex wireless products, the FCC proposes to upgrade its equipment authorization program to prevent harmful interference without stifling innovation and product development....more

FCC Closes Loopholes and Expands Telephone Consumer Protection Act “TCPA” Consumer Protections in Declaratory Ruling and Order

Womble Bond Dickinson on 7/20/2015

On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) released a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) Declaratory Ruling and Order (“TCPA Declaratory Ruling and Order” or “Order”) offering...more

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