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In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 7 2011

On January 20, 2011, a New York federal trial court found that the Village of East Hills violated the Communications Act when it denied MetroPCS's permit and variance applications to place antennas on a commercial building that already contained similar antennas of two other wireless carriers

Update on FCC’s recent TCPA activity

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 22 2012

There have been several recent developments at the FCC related to the TCPA which will impact mobile marketers, telemarketers, and any company using SMS

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 4 2013

On January 28, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts brought the long-running saga between Global NAPs and Verizon one

Arent Fox’s This Week in Telecom - May 6, 2013

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2013

Welcome to the latest edition of Arent Fox's This Week in Telecom, our weekly newsletter designed to keep you apprised of recent developments in

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 30 2012

On January 23, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the FCC’s “shot clock” rule that requires municipalities to act within 90 or 150 days on tower siting applications (depending on whether the application was a collocation arrangement or not

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 23 2012

On July 16, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted CoreTel Virginia’s request for a preliminary injunction to prevent Verizon Virginia “from terminating Plaintiff’s access to Verizon’s services until further order of the Court.”

Legislative outlook

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 27 2010

The House is presently scheduled to go into recess for the elections on October 1, 2010, and the Senate is scheduled to go out October 8, 2010

JAWA resolves suits over its premium text messages charges with Texas AG and Verizon

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2012

On May 9, 2012, the Texas Attorney General announced that its court case against an Arizona-based mobile marketing company, JAWA, and its owners and related entities, ended in a settlement requiring JAWA to pay $2 million and refund unauthorized charges

Developments in intercarrier compensation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 14 2010

On June 9, 2010, the Ohio Public Utilities Commission granted the complaint of AT&T-Ohio against Global NAPs Ohio, Inc. for failing to pay reciprocal compensation and transiting charges for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) traffic

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 22 2010

FTC Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour stated that Google, Facebook, and other major U.S. companies need to “step up” their privacy protection efforts or face tougher penalties from the FTC