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Mobile App Provider Seeks Clarification on Applicability of the TCPA to OTT Texting Services
With class action cases proliferating, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") continues to receive petitions seeking guidance on the applicability of its rules to various calling or texting scenarios. In the…
Wal-Mart.com USA Consent Decree Reminder of Retailers’ Responsibilities for the Radiofrequency Devices They Sell
A recently adopted Consent Decree entered into between the Enforcement Bureau (“Bureau”) and Wal-Mart .com USA leaves no doubt that retailers are advised to be aware of their regulatory responsibilities for the…
Inexperience and Inadvertence No Excuse for Failure to Seek and Obtain FCC Consent to License Acquisitions
A recent Enforcement Bureau (“EB”) Order and Consent Decree highlights the perils that attend failure to get FCC approvals to transfer or assign wireless licenses. The March 13, 2014, release, involving Skybeam…
Trio of NALs for Antenna Structure Violations Highlight Application of Aggravating Factors - Being Bigger Is a Liability
The release of three notices of liability in the past two weeks regarding alleged violations of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC's) antenna structure violations by the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau)…
FCC Will Examine Transition to All-IP Networks through Voluntary Service-Based Experiments and Rural Broadband Trials
Today, the FCC adopted a series of steps intended to solicit proposals from communications providers to conduct service-based experiments to explore the transition to all-Internet Protocol (“IP”) networks. Chairman…