Topic
Reassigned Numbers
22 published works
JURIST
Kenya dispatch: High Court bars recycling of dormant phone numbers without consent
By Griffins Abuora | Kenya School Of Law
On March 19, 2026, Justice Lawrence Mugambi of the High Court of Kenya delivered a landmark judgment affirming that mobile phone numbers form an integral part of an individual’s digital…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
EB Settles with Nine Companies for RND Violations, Cancels One NAL
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (EB) has entered into Consent Decrees with nine companies to resolve investigations into whether such entities failed to timely file monthly reports of permanently disconnected phone…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Announces Reduced, Streamlined Pricing for Reassigned Numbers Database
The FCC has announced reduced pricing for its Reassigned Numbers Database (RND), which is a tool designed to prevent consumers from receiving calls intended for someone who previously held their…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
CGB Announces Change to Reassigned Numbers Database Usage Charge
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) has provided guidance on the Reassigned Numbers Database (Database) to improve its utility to subscribers. Callers can use the database to determine…
Inside Global Tech
Maine Enacts New Telemarketing Law Requiring Use of FCC Reassigned Numbers Database
By Yaron Dori
On March 25, 2024, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed into law LD 2234, which amends the state’s telephone solicitation statute to prohibit telephone solicitors from “fail[ing] to use the reassigned…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
CGB Reminds Service Providers of Reassigned Numbers Database Filing Obligations
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau has issued a Public Notice reminding service providers that they are required to report each month in the Reassigned Numbers Database any permanent…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Reduces and Streamlines Reassigned Numbers Database Pricing
The FCC has announced reduced and streamlined pricing for its Reassigned Numbers Database. Specifically, the Commission has lowered prices at higher query volumes and offered an annual subscription at a…
Privacy World
FCC Announces Changes For Reassigned Number Database
By Paul Besozzi
In 2018, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) addressed of “the problem of unwanted calls to consumers with numbers reassigned from a previous consumer by establishing a single, comprehensive Reassigned Number…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
CGB Clarifies Reassigned Numbers Database Safe Harbor
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau has released a Public Notice supplementing previous guidance on the Reassigned Numbers Database (RND) to clarify that callers may be eligible for a…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Announces Launch of Reassigned Numbers Database on November 1, 2021 to Combat Unwanted
In an effort to reduce the number of unwanted calls people receive that were intended for someone who previously held their phone number, the FCC has announced that it is…