CommLaw Monitor
Revised Telemarketing Rules to Take Effect Beginning July 11
This post was co-written by Randy Sifers . In February, the FCC adopted several changes to its telemarketing rules, including a new requirement that telemarketers must receive express written consent to send certain…
Wireline Competition Bureau Clarifies and Revises the FCC's Rules as Carriers Prepare to Make Transitional Intrastate Access Reciprocal Compensation Rate Reductions
Compliance with the FCC's revised intercarrier compensation rules adopted in its USF/ICC Transformation Order continues to be a work in progress for many carriers. The rules have generated several waves of questions as…
FCC Seeks Comment on Privacy and Security of Information Stored on Mobile Phones and Other Devices
Days before tomorrow’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Workshop on Mobile Disclosures, the FCC weighed in with a pair of releases on privacy and security issues raised by mobile devices. In the first item released on…
Carrier Change: The Words Matter
Usually without much fanfare, the FCC goes about the business of adjudicating slamming complaints under its TPV rules. This latest case underscores that the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau continues to strictly…
FCC Opens Proceeding to Expand Do-Not-Call Registry
As required by a recent act of Congress, the FCC opened a proceeding to create a Do-Not-Call registry to allow public safety answering points ("PSAPs") to register telephone numbers associated with the provision of…