The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom. On November 15, 2022,

On November 17, 2022, the FCC released an Order and Further Rulemaking adopting rules requiring Internet service providers (“ISPs”) to display — at the point of sale — labels that

On October 24, 2022, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) released Decision 21-10-021 in Rulemaking Docket 21-03-002 wherein the CPUC adopted the Administrative Law Judge’s proposed order implementing a new

As delineated in a recent Client Advisory, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) is proposing new rules to mitigate malicious robotext campaigns. The FCC is soliciting public comments on

On October 11, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”) released its sixth CVAA biennial report to Congress (the “Report”), assessing industry compliance over the past two years

The FCC’s Robocall Response Team today announced first-of-their-kind Enforcement Bureau orders to begin removing seven voice service providers from the agency’s Robocall Mitigation Database. The orders demanded that Akabis, Cloud4,

Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL), proposing a $153,000 penalty against PayG, LLC, d/b/a Skyswitch, for its alleged failure to: (a)

TIME-SENSITIVE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE NOTICE:  Annual Regulatory Fees Payable to the Federal Communications Commission Due No Later than September 28, 2022 Nearly all Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) licensees and

On August 30, 2022, the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC” or “Commission”) issued an Order Instituting a Rulemaking to consider issues related to licensing of interconnected VoIP (“I-VoIP”) providers.  In

The United State Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) has announced that it will begin accepting applications for the next round of funding through its Rural Development Broadband ReConnect Program (“ReConnect 4”)

On August 11, 2022, Public Knowledge, Communications Workers of America, Center for Rural Strategies, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, Next Century Cities, the Public Utility Law Project of

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau recently announced the proposed North American Numbering Plan (NANP) administration fund size estimate and contribution factor for the fiscal year October 1, 2022 through September

On August 1 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) initiated an e-mail blast to “non-facilities-based” voice service providers (“VSPs”) that are not listed in the Robocall Mitigation Database as STIR/SHAKEN

MachineGenius— a conditionally certified Internet Protocol Captioned Telephone Service (“IP CTS”) provider — has recently entered into a Consent Decree with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or the “Commission”), ending

On June 21, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) issued an Order, directing all U.S.-based voice service providers (“VSPs”) to immediately investigate and stop carrying traffic from a

The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) is updating its current broadband mapping with more detailed and precise information on fixed and mobile broadband via the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) Program. BDC