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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Reverse Preemption Round-Up: Two States Adopt Rulings on Pole Attachment Matters

State regulators in two states that have certified to the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") that they regulate pole attachments recently released orders resolving important pole attachment and broadband deployment...more

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Landlord’s Checklist for Verizon’s $3.3 Billion Tower Deal With Vertical Bridge

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Verizon Wireless signed a $3.3 billion deal with Vertical Bridge, a growing cell site manager, to lease, operate and manage 6,339 of Verizon’s cell towers across the country. The deal exemplifies a growing trend in the...more

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Ninth Circuit Overturns Portions of FCC Order on Wireless Facility Modifications

Local governments prevailed on two key issues in League of California Cities v. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit’s long-awaited decision on when federal law...more

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What’s New in Wireless - October 2024

The wireless industry has revolutionized the way we connect, from facilitating teleworking, distance learning, and telemedicine to allowing the American public to interact virtually in almost all other aspects of their daily...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wireless Roundup (October 2024)

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FCC Seeks Comment on Promoting the Integrity and Security of Telecommunications Certification Bodies, Measurement Facilities, and the Equipment Authorization Program: In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Federal...more

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What’s New in Wireless - September 2024

The wireless industry has revolutionized the way we connect, from facilitating teleworking, distance learning, and telemedicine to allowing the American public to interact virtually in almost all other aspects of their daily...more

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The Untethered Competition of Wireless Technology - Unpacking Standard Essential Patent Lapse Strategies by Major Telecom...

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Introduction - Standard essential patents (SEPs) can make or break an organization’s research and development program, and no industry can manifest this like Telecom....more

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What’s New in Wireless - August 2024

The wireless industry has revolutionized the way we connect, from facilitating teleworking, distance learning, and telemedicine to allowing the American public to interact virtually in almost all other aspects of their daily...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ring, Ring, it’s the FCC Calling- TracFone to Pay $16M to Settle FCC Investigation

TracFone, the pre-paid phone company, recently settled with the FCC over allegations that the company failed to protect customer information during three different data incidents. According to the FCC, in each of the...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wireless Roundup (August 2024)

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NTIA Solicits Comment on Development of 6G Wireless Communications Technology: In this Notice, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) seeks comment on the current state of sixth generation (6G)...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Tracfone Settles FCC Investigation for $16 Million

This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a settlement with TracFone Wireless to resolve investigations into whether TracFone failed to reasonably protect its customers’ information from unauthorized...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

AT&T Data Breach: Lessons For Cloud-Base Technology Solutions

Last Friday, July 12, 2024, it was widely reported that AT&T experienced another catastrophic cyber-attack. This material cyber incident affected over 100 million of its wireless customers according to AT&T’s 8-K Filing with...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – July Filings

Each month, Kelley Drye’s Communications Group offers this reminder of upcoming filing deadlines that may affect our clients and friends. Please review the deadlines below and contact us if you would like assistance or have...more

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FCC Enforcement Monitor ~ June 2024

Pillsbury’s communications lawyers have published the FCC Enforcement Monitor monthly since 1999 to inform our clients of notable FCC enforcement actions against FCC license holders and others....more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wireless Roundup (July 2024)

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FCC Invites Supplemental Comment Regarding the Use of Geofencing Technology to Allow for Higher Power Limits for Certain Devices: In this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks...more

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Wireless Landlords Checklist

On May 28th, 2024, T-Mobile announced as part of its acquisition of UScellular operations, it would “enter into a new long-term Master License Agreement on a minimum of 2,015 incremental towers owned by UScellular and extend...more

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What’s New in Wireless - June 2024

The wireless industry has revolutionized the way we connect, from facilitating teleworking, distance learning, and telemedicine to allowing the American public to interact virtually in almost all other aspects of their daily...more

Venable LLP

National Telecommunications and Information Administration Seeks Comments Regarding the Advancement of 6G Technology

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On May 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued a request for comments (RFC) seeking input on how federal government policies can support the...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wireless Roundup (June 2024)

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FCC Welcomes Comment on Mechanisms to Implement Multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA): In this Public Notice, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks comment on its proposal to require...more

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FCC Seeks to Strengthen Oversight of the Equipment Authorization Program in the Latest Effort to Safeguard Wireless Supply Chains...

The FCC – in the latest iteration of its expanding role as a regulator in the national security space – recently adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing to fortify the security of the wireless supply chain...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – May and June Filings

Each month, Kelley Drye’s Communications Group offers this reminder of upcoming filing deadlines that may affect our clients and friends....more

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What’s New in Wireless - May 2024

The wireless industry has revolutionized the way we connect, from facilitating teleworking, distance learning, and telemedicine to allowing the American public to interact virtually in almost all other aspects of their daily...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

FCC Fines Wireless Carriers $200M for Sharing Location Data with Third Parties

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced that it has levied almost $200 million in fines against “the nation’s largest wireless carriers for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without...more

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FCC Fines Major Wireless Carriers $200 Million for Sharing Customer Geolocation Data

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Early this week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced it had fined the largest U.S. wireless carriers for sharing access to customers’ geolocation information without consent and without taking reasonable...more

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Wireless Roundup (May 2024)

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FCC Solicits Comment on a Proposed New Framework for Licensing Space Stations Engaged in In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing: In this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC...more

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