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FCC asks for more money to help telecom providers replace Huawei gear

May 3, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology Asks, FCC, Gear, Huawei, money, providers, replace, Telecom

The Federal Communications Commission is asking for more funding to help internet service providers rip and replace equipment made by Huawei and ZTE. In a letter to Congress, FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel says the government has only allocated $1.9 billion to reimburse providers, which is $3.08 billion less than the $4.98 billion the FCC estimates [...]read moreFCC asks for more money to help telecom providers replace Huawei gear

FCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data

April 30, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology ATT, Data, FCC, Fines, Illegally, Location, million, sharing, Sprint, TMobile, Verizon

The FCC says it found the carriers “sold access to its customers’ location information to ‘aggregators,’ who then resold access to such information to third-party location-based service providers.” The agency says the carriers effectively “attempted to offload” their responsibility to get customers’ consent to share their location data with “downstream recipients.” Even after being made [...]read moreFCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data

FCC officially votes to reinstate net neutrality

April 26, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology FCC, net, neutrality, officially, reinstate, votes

The Federal Communications Commission made its official vote Thursday to reinstate net neutrality, which bars broadband providers from slowing or even blocking internet traffic to some sites while improving access to others that pay extra fees. With some changes and protections, passing the order titled Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet restores rules passed back [...]read moreFCC officially votes to reinstate net neutrality

FCC officially votes to reinstate net neutrality

April 25, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology FCC, net, neutrality, officially, reinstate, votes

The Federal Communications Commission made its official vote today to reinstate net neutrality, passing an order entitled Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet. This restores, with some changes and protections, the rules passed back in 2015 allowing the FCC to enforce basic rules of connectivity and fairness in broadband. Since the FCC announced that it [...]read moreFCC officially votes to reinstate net neutrality

Vast Majority of FCC Complaints Over Super Bowl LVIII Were Over Israel Ad

April 9, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Entertainment Bowl, complaints, FCC, Israel, LVIII, majority, Super, vast

The vast majority of FCC complaints made during and after Super Bowl LVIII had to do with a pro-Israel ad that ran … and it appears to have been planned that way. TMZ has obtained FCC filings — including all of the complaints made pertaining to the Super Bowl in February — and there’s a [...]read moreVast Majority of FCC Complaints Over Super Bowl LVIII Were Over Israel Ad

Biden’s FCC argues net neutrality restoration will increase online free speech

April 3, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology argues, Bidens, FCC, Free, increase, net, neutrality, online, restoration, Speech

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on Wednesday announced plans to vote on rules restoring Net Neutrality. The vote, set for April 25, would reinstate 2015 internet rules adopted under Obama that were subsequently repealed by Trump’s FCC two years later. Rocenworcel, a long-time advocate for net neutrality, announced plans to reverse the reversal toward the end [...]read moreBiden’s FCC argues net neutrality restoration will increase online free speech