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Rural Spectrum Scanner
FCC Bans Provider from Lifeline
The FCC banned one of the largest recipients of federal Lifeline subsidies from enrolling new Lifeline subscribers. IM Telecom apparently violated its Lifeline compliance plan and the Lifeline program rules…
Truth on the Market
The FCC Is Right To Keep Every Band on the Table for Direct-to-Device
Note: Our editor is on vacation. The image for this post and any errors in the body are solely the fault of the author. At its August 6 open meeting,…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
NG911 Small Entity Compliance Guide Available
The Federal Communications Commission has released a Small Entity Compliance Guide summarizing the compliance obligations adopted in the FCC’s June 2026 NG911 Reliability Order. The Order expands reliability obligations to…
International Trade Law
Short-Circuited: FCC Updates Covered List to Prohibit Foreign Power Inverters and Advanced Robotic Devices
By Caroline Brown, Rajeev Raghavan, Jeremy Iloulian, Riley Delfeld, Dmitry Bergoltsev
On July 28, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) updated its Covered List, established through the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act to include foreign-produced connected power inverters and advanced robotic…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
Updated Census Blocks for Price Cap Carriers with High-Cost Voice Obligations
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced that it has updated the list of census blocks where price cap carriers remain subject to the federal high-cost eligible telecommunications carrier (ETC)…
Regulatory Oversight
Bipartisan Coalition of State Attorneys General Asks FCC to Strengthen Rules Against Illegal Robocalls
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On July 7, a bipartisan coalition of 49 state attorneys general (AGs) sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging the adoption of stronger measures to combat illegal robocalls.…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
FCC and 49 State Attorneys General Dial Up Attention on Robocall Compliance
By Roma Patel
On July 8, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Enforcement Bureau entered into a consent decree with Voximplant, Inc., a voice and video call platform, to resolve an investigation into…
Law of the Land
Fed. Dist. Coury in IL Holds Wireless Company Failed to Meet it’s Burden Under the TCA Regarding an Alternative Site
This post was authored by Sebastian Perez, Esq. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (the “Court”) addressed a motion for reconsideration and rehearing following a…
InsureReinsure
Seventh Circuit Rules Text Messages Are Not “Telephone Calls” Under TCPA § 227(c)(5) — A Circuit Split Emerges
By Brian Hays, Stefanie Jackman
Background: The TCPA’s Private Right of Action for Unwanted CallsCongress enacted the TCPA in 1991 to address the proliferation of unwanted telephone solicitations. The statute defines “telephone solicitation” as “the…
Truth on the Market
The State That Wouldn’t Hang Up: California’s Fight to Keep the Old Phone Network Alive
In 1877, Thomas Doolittle strung the first hard-drawn copper telephone wire in Ansonia, Connecticut, replacing the iron lines that had carried Alexander Graham Bell’s earliest calls. Nearly 150 years later,…