Senator Blackburn Reintroduces Privacy Bill Aimed at Telecom Companies
Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has issued a press release announcing the reintroduction of the Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and...
FCC Commissioner O’Rielly Admonishes NY, NJ, and RI Governors for Diverting 9-1-1 Fees
FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly has sent a letter to Governors Cuomo (NY), Murphy (NJ), and Raimondo (RI) criticizing their states for diverting 9-1-1...
FCC Grants Extension of Waiver for Part 15 White Space Devices/Databases
The FCC has issued an Order granting a waiver of the push notification requirements for fixed and Mode...
FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for April 2019 Open Meeting
The FCC has announced the tentative agenda for its April 2019 Open Meeting, which is scheduled to take place on Friday, April...
FCC Adopts New Rules To Open Spectrum Horizons For New Services And Technologies
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order (Docket 18-21) to encourage development of new technologies and deployment of...
FCC Adopts E911 “Z-Axis” Vertical Location Accuracy NPRM
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing new enhanced 911 (E911) vertical location accuracy requirements for multi-story building environments. ...
FCC Announces Termination of Certain Proceedings as Dormant
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released an Order terminating certain proceedings as dormant. The Chief of the FCC’s Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau...
Nevada Senator Introduces Sweeping Privacy Bill in Congress
With House and Senate hearings on data privacy recently concluding, Senator Catherine Cortez Mastro (D-NV) has introduced the Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance...
FCC Adopts & Proposes New Rules Related to IP Captioned Telephone Service
In a press release, the FCC announced that it has adopted new rules and proposed further regulations to enhance program management, prevent waste, fraud,...
Senators Re-Introduce Bi-Partisan Bill to Amend TCPA & Expand Robocall Enforcement
Senator John Thune (R-SD), chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, and Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), author of the Telephone...