FTC Announces First Settled Consumer Protection Case Against a VoIP Service Provider
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that Globex Telecom, Inc. (Globex) and affiliates will pay a total of $1.9 million to...
CGB Adopts Declaratory Ruling Clarifying TCPA Provision
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) has adopted a declaratory ruling clarifying that a fax...
FCC Provides Notice of Effective Date for Call Blocking Rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has provided notice that the Call Blocking Third Report and Order (Order), which adopted rules...
Trump Nominates NTIA Senior Adviser for FCC Commissioner Vacancy
President Trump has nominated Nathan A. Simington, a senior adviser at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), as a Federal Communications...
WCB Waives RHC Program Filing Deadline
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB or Bureau) has waived the Rural Health Care (RHC) Program’s Healthcare...
WCB Report Cites Improvement in Rural Call Completion
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB or Bureau) has released a report concluding that the rules adopted...
FCC Adopts Rule Changes to Expedite Its Administrative Hearing Process
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has adopted a Report and Order (Order) changing the procedural rules governing the FCC's administrative...
PSHSB Issues Procedures for Emergency Communications in States Impacted by Wildfires
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB or Bureau), in coordination with the International Bureau,...
Tentative Agenda for September 30 FCC Open Meeting
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the tentative agenda for its September 2020 Open Meeting, which is scheduled to...
Close of 2.5 GHz Tribal Window Opens Door for Auction in 2021
On September 2, 2020, the FCC closed its 2.5 GHz priority filing window for rural Tribes, the first ever priority spectrum filing...
