On October 23, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) focused on customer service across a wide array of communications companies, expressly singling out providers of voice,...more
On October 15, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) seeking information about the use of data caps by Broadband Internet Access Service (BIAS) providers for both...more
On Tuesday, October 8, CTIA hosted the ConnectMobile Forum as part of this year’s Mobile World Congress in Las Vegas. The event brought together stakeholders from the messaging and voice ecosystems to discuss consumer...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has announced comment deadlines for a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notice of Inquiry (NPRM and NOI) released in early August that, among other things, proposes...more
9/16/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Biden Administration ,
Call Blocking ,
Consent ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FCC ,
Notice of Inquiry ,
NPRM ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Text Messages
Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) announced September 11, 2024 as the effective date of two rules initially adopted in the agency’s Team Telecom Process Reform Report and Order....more
On Friday, August 23, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Public Notice announcing that its rules regarding standardized national security and law enforcement questions (Standard Questions) for...more
WHAT: On July 30, 2024, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued guidance on demonstrating compliance with the “Build America, Buy America” (BABA) domestic content requirements in...more
On July 24, 2024, on a petition for rehearing en banc, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held in Consumers’ Research v. FCC (Consumers’ Research) that the current funding mechanism for the Universal...more
On July 17, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (draft NPRM) that would, among other things, propose new rules to regulate AI-generated calls and...more
On May 13, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) classified for the first time a group of entities and individuals – dubbed “Royal Tiger” – as a Consumer Communications...more
Over the last two years, federal and state agencies have significantly ramped up enforcement activities against companies and voice service providers allegedly responsible for the generation of illegal robocalls. That trend...more
While its full potential is still untapped, artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to play a greater role during the 2024 elections and future grassroots advocacy efforts. Here are seven tips corporations and others should...more
WHAT: On February 22, 2024, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a final limited, general applicability, nonavailability waiver of the “Build America, Buy America” (BABA) domestic...more
With the 2024 election in full swing, political actors are using artificial intelligence in unprecedented ways. Join us as we explore the transformative potential of AI in shaping electoral strategies while learning about how...more
2/29/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bots ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Deep Fake ,
Nonprofits ,
PACs ,
Political Campaigns ,
Political Candidates ,
Presidential Elections ,
Risk Management ,
Robocalling ,
TCPA ,
Text Messages ,
Webinars
On February 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) that proposes to hold liable entities that provide “goods or services” used by fraudsters to illegally...more
Please join us for the latest installment of Wiley’s Federal Infrastructure Webinar Series, in which attorneys from across the firm discuss the federal government’s ongoing, once-in-a-generation initiative to invest in...more
On Thursday, February 8, 2024, the FCC issued a Declaratory Ruling – by unanimous vote – to confirm that Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) rules apply to calls that use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to...more
On January 25, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) issued a Public Notice announcing compliance deadlines associated with the FCC’s Sixth Caller ID Authentication Report and Order (Sixth Report and...more
On December 8, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released its anticipated information collection to update the Commission’s records regarding the foreign ownership of international Section 214...more
Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel issued a Press Release yesterday announcing that the agency’s Privacy and Data Protection Task Force (Task Force) signed Memoranda of...more
12/8/2023
/ Communications Act of 1934 ,
Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement ,
FCC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Investigations ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Notice of Inquiry ,
Telecommunications
On November 16, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) to seek information on the implications of emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on robocalling, and the...more
On November 1, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released the Seventeenth Notice of Inquiry (NOI) into the state of broadband availability to all Americans, as required by Section 706 of the...more
Messaging is one of the most trusted forms of communications today, with more than 2.2 trillion texts exchanged on America’s wireless networks in 2022 alone. Yesterday, at CTIA’s ConnectMobile forum in Las Vegas as part of...more
9/28/2023
/ Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Bad Actors ,
Best Practices ,
Call Blocking ,
Data-Sharing ,
Fraud ,
Instant Messaging Apps ,
Know Your Customers ,
Robocalling ,
Scams ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications ,
Text Messages ,
Wireless Industry ,
Wireless Technology
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Office of International Affairs (OIA) recently released an Order in the agency’s ongoing proceeding related to its adoption of an Order and Notice of Proposed...more
On August 4, 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Sixth Report and Order (Order) in its Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) docket. The Order adopts rules to establish an enhanced...more