US & Canada
Notorious ‘Call of Duty’ swatter, Tyler Barriss, to serve 20 years in prison
Tyler Barris, the notorious Call of Duty swatter, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US district court judge today for placing fake 911 calls,…
FCC
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AT&T
California sued by Internet industry groups over net neutrality law
California's passing of the new net neutrality law isn't sitting well with industry groups that represent AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Verizon, among others. Industry groups have now joined the…
Politics
President Trump nominates Geoffrey Starks for vacant FCC commissioner position
To fill the vacation Federal Communications Commission seat, President Donald Trump has officially nominated Geoffrey Starks to replace outgoing Commissioner Mignon Clyburn. While Trump has nominated Starks, his…
Politics
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has stepped down
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has announced that she will be stepping down from the commission after running strong advocacy for net neutrality. At a FCC meeting today, she…
Services
T-Mobile agrees to pay $40 million for not fixing rural calls
T-Mobile has agreed to pay (PDF) the FCC $40 million for not fixing ongoing call failures that rural customers have experienced. The company previously claimed that it had…
Internet
Oregon governor has signed net neutrality bill into law
You can add Oregon to the list of states that are in bringing net neutrality law into reality. Oregon Governor Kate Brown has signed the state's recently passed…
Huawei
FCC now aiming to block purchases from non-US firms posing ‘security threat’
According to a new proposal announced today by the FCC, they want to shut out companies "that pose a national security threat to United States communications networks or…
Internet
More states are now considering net neutrality rules
This week, California proposed a bill to preserve net neutrality rules in the state, this was apparently part of a more comprehensive effort around the nation. The bill…
Legal
FCC’s robocall rule gets axed by court because it’s too broad
Previous FCC leadership took some aggressive actions to deal with robocalls, but a new decision by the court just scaled back a rule that helped fight robocalls. A…
Politics
FCC is accusing startup for launching satellites without permission
Being a space tech startup, not only do you have to deal with all of the extreme costs of operating but also have to clear all kinds of…
Internet
FCC is proposing $954 million in order to restore Puerto Rico’s telecom networks
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed a spending budget of $954 million that will help fix and expand telecom networks in both Puerto Rico and US…
Internet
Six more tech companies have joined the right to save net neutrality
Opposition of the FCC's repeal of net neutrality continues to grow as six more tech companies have joined the fight and filed suits. Automattic, Kickstarter, Etsy, Foursquare, Shutterstock…
Internet
Oregon legislators move to enact their own net neutrality legislation
The state of Oregon just took a step to protecting net neutrality in their state. Yesterday, the Oregon House of Representatives passed a proposal that would require state…
Internet
Senate officially introduces the CRA resolution to restore net neutrality
Last week, we learned that the FCC officially published its net neutrality rollback plans in the Federal Register, which were voted on by the FCC back in December.…
AT&T
Court ruling says FTC data-throttling lawsuit against AT&T may proceed
AT&T has been tied in a long legal battle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In 2014, the FTC sued AT&T for throttling its unlimited mobile data plan…