Hosted Payload Episode 12: Mike Carlson / Spaceman
Hosted Payload Episode 11: Erin Boone/Interstellar
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Wireless Legislation on the Way?
Know Before You Go: Federal Standards and Pre-Application Research
FCC Proposes New Rules On Local Wireless Siting
Data Privacy Trouble Surrounding Google Street View Cars Presents Lesson for Smaller Companies
Unlocking Your Cell Phone Is Now Illegal, but Not for Long
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
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
FCC Seeks Comment on Implementing New Leasing Model for the 4.9 GHz Band: In this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) requests comment on the implementation...more
FTC Seeks Comment on Petition for Rulemaking on Engagement-Optimizing Practices on Minors in Internet Services: A petition by the Center for Digital Democracy and others asks the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate a...more
Key Wireless Deadlines- FCC Requests Comment on Caller ID Authentication on Non-IP Networks: In this Notice of Inquiry (NOI) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks comment on caller ID...more
FCC Seeks Comment on Call Authentication Trust Anchor: In this Public Notice, the Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB or Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) requests comment on “address[ing] two...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly unfolds, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has been active to keep communications services available through various waivers, extensions, and other regulatory relief. ...more
Big-Tech/Antitrust Update: the FTC has demanded information from Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp., and Alphabet Inc. regarding acquisitions of small firms over the past 10 years that may have been...more
-The DOJ has announced charges against four members of China’s military related to the 2017 cyberattack on credit-reporting agency Equifax, the breach that revealed “trade secrets and the personal data of about 145 million...more
Bloomberg is reporting that Walgreens Boots is weighing a potential deal “to take the company private in what could become the largest leveraged buyout in history.” PE firms like KKR are apparently in the mix to assist in the...more
On 27 February 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled unanimously in an en banc decision that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) may bring enforcement actions against AT&T and other telecommunications...more
Earlier this week, the FTC and FCC announced “parallel” investigations into how carriers and mobile device makers release information on vulnerabilities, and how and when mobile security patches are distributed. The...more
Mobile service providers frequently look at their customers’ credit reports and scores to determine the best pricing plans for those customers. But asa recent settlement between Sprint Corporation and the Federal Trade...more
On 11 September, TeliaSonera and Telenor have abandoned the proposed merger of their business units in Denmark. The contemplated transaction would have resulted in the establishment of a joint venture active in the provision...more
On October 28, 2014, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued AT&T’s mobile division in the Northern District of California (F.T.C. v. AT&T Mobility LLC, Case No._ [N.D. Cal., Oct. 28, 2014] “AT&T Mobility”). The...more
In a recently released staff report, the Federal Trade Commission makes several recommendations designed to reduce “mobile cramming.” Cramming occurs when consumers access or enroll in third-party services through a mobile...more
Opt-Out Antitrust Class Actions — A U.S. Perspective on the Consumer Rights Bill Pending in UK's Parliament - Will opt-out class actions proposed by the UK Parliament’s Consumer Rights Bill bring the dreaded U.S.-style...more