The USDA announced $1.2 billion in rural development funding.
The majority of providers will be required to deploy the label by April 10, 2024.
The benefit would go beyond tribes to other high cost locations.
Blocking the entire compromised originating or terminating ranges of voice traffic leads to unnecessary losses.
Despite the FCC’s recent expansion of STIR/SHAKEN, some panelists called the framework ineffective.
FCC approved first rules on robotexts, more on robocalls, and opened comments on dead zone satellite coverage and prison call rates.
Has the FCC succeeded in making the STIR/SHAKEN framework work?
The commission will vote on the robotext proposal in March.
Biden's call for federal privacy legislation aims to address an increasingly splintered state privacy landscape.
The FCC alleges that the Cox/Jones Enterprise conduct violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
The commission’s ruling follows a notice of inquiry the agency approved last month.
'This is the first step in unlocking a significant expanse of new mid-band spectrum.'
STIR/SHAKEN offers no protection from fraud schemes besides robocalls and caller ID spoofing.
For the first time, the FCC is proposing removing voice service providers for breaking spam call rules.
The FCC signed on five states this month and seven last month.
The three letters are the latest in the FCC's ongoing crackdown on illegal call traffic.
The measure would restrict unwanted voicemails appearing in consumers’ inboxes.
Small provider says cost and fast-moving deadlines making it hard to implement robocall regulations.
Hawaii official estimates that 10 million spoofed and robocalls go unreported.
Facebook is nudging teens away from harmful content, Comcast's new spam call blocker, AT&T goes with Ericsson for standalone 5G.
The agency proposed rules for public comment on that would further restrict illegal use of numbering resources.
The FCC voted to cut the time small providers had to become STIR/SHAKEN compliant by one year.
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday fined Tele Circuit Network Corporation for switching consumers’ service providers.
Senators introduce rural broadband legislation, FCC tackles robocalling, advocates ask Facebook to stop developing Instagram for kids.
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President Donald Trump is threatening to veto a critical defense spending bill unless Congress agrees to repeal Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, the...
The Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority announced new policies to advance the STIR/SHAKEN protocol in the fight against illegal robocalls. Through STIR/SHAKEN cryptographic system, service providers...
September 11, 2020 – Given the way that robocalls “implicate a wide jurisdiction,” Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai stressed the need for collaboration to end...
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is urging state governments to impose price caps on prison phone calls, Ars Technica reported. Pai sent a letter to...
July 16, 2020 — The Federal Communication Commission’s five members voted to finalize the designation of ‘988’ as the three-digit number Americans can dial to reach...
July 10, 2020 — The coronavirus pandemic has created an environment that is highly vulnerable to nefarious actors, said Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., in a House...
July 6, 2020 — The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ban on unsolicited robocalls to cell phones with their Monday ruling on Barr v. the American...
June 9, 2020 — The Federal Communications Commission moved to adopt five proposals at its June Open Meeting on Tuesday, dealing with issues such as the...
May 6, 2020 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday used the telephone to hear arguments on the constitutionality of political messages sent over the telephone. The...
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2020 – “That is flatly incorrect,” Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said, partly to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel and partly to Rep. Mike...
Congress and the Federal Communications Commission are working together to stop robocalls, wrote FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Rep. Bob Latta, R-Ohio, in an op-ed on...
