Topic
Telecommunications
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Global Policy Watch
FCC Releases Draft Rules and Proposals on TCPA Consent Revocation
By Yaron Dori, Rosie Moss
On September 9, 2026, the FCC released a draft Report and Order (R&O) and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) titled “Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act…
Online and On Point
FCC’s Proposal Could Reshape TCPA Opt-Out Rules for Retailers and Consumer Brands
By Alexis M. Buese, Courtney Achee
For retailers, consumer brands, and digital commerce companies, text messaging has become a central part of the customer experience. The same consumer may receive promotional offers, loyalty updates, order confirmations,…
Broadcast Law Blog
This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: September 7, 2026 to September 11, 2026
By David Oxenford, Keenan Adamchak
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
Comment Deadlines Set for Robocall Mitigation Database Proposals
The FCC adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on significant changes to its Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) regime, a key component of the FCC’s efforts to combat…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
CGB Seeks Comment on Robocall Scorecard
The FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau (CGB) released a Public Notice seeking comment on the creation of a robocall mitigation scorecard (Scorecard). The Scorecard would provide the public with…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
NTIA Launches Second BEAD Funding Round
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced a second round of Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) funding to provide broadband to locations expected to remain unserved after the…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Repays $3.08 Billion Treasury Rip-and-Replace Loan Following Auction 113
The FCC announced that it has repaid in full the $3.08 billion loan it borrowed from the U.S. Treasury in March 2025 to support the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks…
SCOV Law
Timeliness and Competency
Carmen Miranda in a toweringfruit hat.By: Elizabeth Kruska SCOV brought us two opinions on the Friday going into Labor Day weekend. I have a weird little bubble of time between hearings today,…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
OFAC Removes the US Governing-Law Condition from the Venezuela General Licenses and Issues New Authorizations Related to Telecommunications and Coal
By Steven Cotto (US), Alexandre (Alex) Lamy (US)
Since August 21, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC“) has made a series of changes to the Venezuela-related general licenses (“GLs“) issued under…
Technology's Legal Edge
Ofcom announces new rules to combat mobile messaging scams
By Mike Conradi, Christian Keogh, Marc Kopelowitz
On 15 July 2026, Ofcom published a statement setting out its decision to introduce a new Condition C9 into the General Conditions of Entitlement which sets out how Ofcom will…