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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announcements

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 5 2012

The FCC has released the Tentative Agenda for its next Open Meeting to be held March 21, 2012, at 10:30 am Eastern

Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 3 2012

Southern Company Services, Inc.’s Petition for Clarification or Reconsideration of the FCC’s Open Internet Rules asking the FCC to address the treatment of “specialized services” has created an industry fight over how smart grid services might be treated under the FCC’s Open Internet Rules

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 26 2011

On December 21, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted the State of Indiana’s motion for a stay of a district court’s September 2011 order enjoining the enforcement of its Automated Dialing Machine Statute that prohibits out-of-state robocalls

The mobile market

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 22 2011

According to the FCC Quarterly Reports of Informal Consumer Inquiries and Complaints reported above, the number of consumer inquires regarding wireless service during the fourth quarter of 2010 grew by over 450

Compliance notes

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 20 2011

On June 14, 2011, the FCC announced that the Universal Service contribution factor for the Third Quarter of 2011 is 14.4

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 6 2011

The FTC and the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime will host "Stolen Futures: A Forum on Child Identity Theft," on July 12, 2011, at the FTC Conference facility at 601 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20001

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 30 2011

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Chair of the new Senate Privacy Subcommittee, last week asked Apple and Google to ensure that their “app” stores offer “clear, understandable privacy policies.”

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2011

On May 18, 2011, Sen. John "Jay" Rockefeller IV, Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, sent letters to Apple, Google, and the Association for Competitive Technology asking whether applications running on their mobile platforms comply with COPPA

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2011

This past week, Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Tex., co-chairs of the Bi-Partisan Congressional Privacy Caucus, released a discussion draft of online privacy legislation aimed at protecting children

Compliance notes

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2011

Carriers that provided service between the United States and foreign points in the 2010 calendar year are required to file their annual International Traffic Data report by July 31, 2011