Funding
FCC Removes Provider from ACP Successor Programs
The provider failed to provide evidence that it did not violate ACP rules, said the FCC.
FCC
FCC Fines Wireless Carriers $200 Million for Sharing Access to Location Data
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said the services at issue fell outside the FCC’s Section 222 authority.
ACP
New Broadband Transparency Labels Roll Out Nationwide
Government officials express optimism that the introduction of labels will signal a new era of transparency and competition.
People
Broadband People: Three New Chiefs at FCC Bureaus
Three new leaders at the Federal Communications Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs, Public Safety and Homeland Security and Media Bureau.
Robocall
FCC Narrows Small Provider Group for Accelerated Robocall Compliance Timeline
Providers that are not facilities-based will need to meet their robocall obligations by June 2022.
Faster Rural Broadband Bill, Tools For Robocalls, Opposition To Instagram For Kids
Senators introduce rural broadband legislation, FCC tackles robocalling, advocates ask Facebook to stop developing Instagram for kids.
FCC
Robocall Anger Will Force Calling Companies to Adjust Expectations, Says FCC Enforcement Bureau
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2019 — Companies whose legally-placed robocalls are blocked under the June 6 order of the Federal Communications Commission may need to adjust their perception of consumer expectations, a top Enforcement Bureau chief at the Federal Communications Commission said last week. Indee
FCC
Verizon to Pay More Than $25M for Hitting Consumers With ‘Mystery Fees’
WASHINGTON, October 28, 2010 – The Federal Communications Commission’s Enforcement Bureau hit Verizon Wireless with a record $25 million payment to the government for mystery fees the company charged its customers during the last several years.
