Hosted Payload Episode 12: Mike Carlson / Spaceman
Hosted Payload Episode 11: Erin Boone/Interstellar
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Wireless Legislation on the Way?
Know Before You Go: Federal Standards and Pre-Application Research
FCC Proposes New Rules On Local Wireless Siting
Data Privacy Trouble Surrounding Google Street View Cars Presents Lesson for Smaller Companies
Unlocking Your Cell Phone Is Now Illegal, but Not for Long
In response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) request for input on unnecessary compliance burdens, the debt collection industry, led by ACA International, is advocating for significant reforms to the Telephone...more
On February 16, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission released a Report and Order establishing significant new standards regulating Telephone Consumer Protection Act consent and revocation of consent. In recent weeks,...more
FCC Requests Comment on Proposed Rules Regarding Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination: In this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks...more
Messaging is one of the most trusted forms of communications today, with more than 2.2 trillion texts exchanged on America’s wireless networks in 2022 alone. Yesterday, at CTIA’s ConnectMobile forum in Las Vegas as part of...more
FCC Seeks Comment on Revising Spectrum Sharing Rules for Non-Geostationary Orbit, Fixed-Satellite Service Systems: In this proposed rule, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requests comment on revisions to its rules...more
FCC Adopts Safe Harbor to Encourage Voice Service Providers to Block Unwanted Robocalls - The FCC adopted a highly anticipated Third Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Fourth Further Notice of Proposed...more
On October 2, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 208 (“SB 208”), the Consumer Call Protection Act of 2019. The law seeks to protect consumers from fraudulent robocalls. SB 208 adds Section 2893.5 to the...more
Unwanted robocalls reportedly totaled 26.3 billion calls in 2018, sparking more and more consumer complaints to the FCC and FTC and increased legislative and regulatory activity to combat the practice. Some automated calls...more
Little known fact: the TCPA is just a tiny little part of something much bigger and more complex called the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by Telecom Act of 1996 (which the FCC loves to just call the “Communications...more
Under new Chairman Ajit Pai’s leadership, the Federal Communications Commission (the “Commission”) is taking its first steps toward reforming its rules interpreting the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). On...more
On January 19, 2017, CTIA issued a new guidance document developed by industry stakeholders with voluntary best practices for businesses that participate in the wireless messaging ecosystem entitled “Messaging Principles and...more
On October 13, 2015, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) issued a Public Notice seeking comment on a Petition for Expedited Declaratory Ruling...more
Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a long awaited declaratory ruling and order, FCC 15-72, addressing several petitions which sought clarification of or exemptions from Telephone Consumer...more
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
On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission issued a 138-page Declaratory Ruling and Order approving nearly two dozen proposals to the rules and regulations implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...more
A recent order from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois affirms that California Public Utilities Code § 2891 applies to wireless telecommunications providers. The argument in that case focused on the...more