Tag: Federal Communications Commission
FCC gives state prisons tech options to quash cellphones
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal regulators are giving state prisons across the country more technological options to combat contraband cellphones, which prison officials have long...
Congressional leaders urge FCC to perform equity audit
Congressional leaders and a media advocacy group are urging the Federal Communications Commission to examine how policy decisions and programs have disparately harmed Black...
Appeals court upholds FCC subsidy ban for Huawei purchases
NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court refused Friday to hear Chinese tech giant Huawei's request to throw out a rule used to bar...
Report scrutinizes FCC response in Puerto Rico after Maria
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A U.S. report released Tuesday found that abstract emergency response guidelines for the Federal Communications Commission could have caused...
Emergency program to give people $50 off internet bill
Americans can begin applying for $50 off their monthly internet bill on Wednesday as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected...
Emergency program to give people $50 off internet bill
<p>Americans can begin applying for $50 off their monthly internet bill on Wednesday as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected...
NY AG: Broadband industry behind fake FCC comments
The Office of the New York Attorney General said in a new report that a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of...
NY AG: Broadband industry behind fake FCC comments
<p>The Office of the New York Attorney General said in a <a href="https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/oag-fakecommentsreport.pdf">new report</a> that a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions...
Texting option weighed for upcoming ‘988’ suicide hotline
<p>Recognizing that many Americans rely on texting, U.S. regulators are weighing whether to require that phone companies allow people to text a suicide hotline....
Texting option weighed for upcoming ‘988’ suicide hotline
Recognizing that many Americans rely on texting, U.S. regulators are weighing whether to require that phone companies allow people to text a suicide hotline....