SpectrumWatch: All Five FCC Commissioners will Testify Before House...
All five Federal Communications Commission Commissioners will testify on “Keeping the New Broadband Spectrum Law on Track” on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 before the Communications and Technology...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Gives a Jolt to FCC Authority By Upholding Data Roaming...
Yesterday a federal appeals court upheld the Federal Communications Commissions rule, adopted in April 2011, requiring wireless carriers who provide mobile data services to offer roaming agreements to...
View ArticleChina Moves to Further Regulate Smartphones
China appears to be moving forward with plans to further regulate smartphones. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently filed a notification with the WTO’s Committee on Technical...
View ArticleFCC Provides Consumer Tips On Mobile Privacy And Security
The Federal Communications Commission yesterday released a Smartphone Security Checker, a tool designed to help consumers secure their smartphones against mobile security threats. The tool provides...
View ArticleFCC Begins Implementing mHealth Task Force Recommendations
In response to recommendations by the mHealth Task Force, the Federal Communications Commission has launched a new website to serve as a central repository for the FCC’s health care-related work and is...
View ArticleFCC Reminds Wireless Service Providers of Jan. 15, 2013, Hearing Aid...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently issued an enforcement advisory reminding wireless service providers and resellers that they must report on their compliance with the hearing aid...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: 3 Key Areas of Industry Agreement Regarding the FCC’s Spectrum...
The Federal Communications Commission received over 300 comments from the public regarding its proposals to allow broadcast television stations to voluntarily participate in an auction of their...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: FCC Considers Relocating Spectrum for Wireless Medical Devices...
The Federal Communications Commission sought comment, in connection with the incentive auction and repacking process reported in previous posts, on whether to relocate wireless medical telemetry...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: FCC Approves T-Mobile/MetroPCS Merger, Citing Competitive...
On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) approved the proposed merger of cellular service providers T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS. In its written opinion and order, the FCC’s Wireless...
View ArticleFTC Releases New Guidance For Online Advertising Disclosures
On March 12, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released new guidance for online advertisers, providing specific tips and examples of how to make disclosures clear and conspicuous, and,...
View ArticleFCC Conducts Review of RF Exposure Policies
Recently, the FCC took action in a wide-ranging series of proceedings designed to reassess its rules regarding the effect of radiofrequency (RF) emissions on human health and safety. First, the FCC...
View ArticleFDA Tells Congress to Expect Final Guidance on Mobile Medical Apps This Year
As was reported previously on our sister blog, InsideMedicalDevices, the regulation of mobile medical apps continues to be an issue on Congress’ radar. Last week, the Republican-led House of...
View ArticleApple Changes Warranty Policy in China Following State Media Attacks
By Joanne Sum-Ping with research assistance by Susan Shao After enduring weeks of attacks from Chinese state-owned media, Apple has announced a change in its warranty policy in China. The attacks...
View ArticleFCC Cracks Down For First Time on Mobile Jamming Device Use; Fines in the Six...
Last week, the FCC for the first time proposed to fine companies for using mobile phone signal jamming devices. The FCC found that two entities, Taylor Oilfield Manufacturing, Inc. and The Supply...
View ArticleBYOD Programs Raise Important Tax Issues
As we noted recently, employers are increasingly adopting Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs, in which employees access their work email and apps on personal devices. Our colleagues at...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: FCC Considers Alternative Band Plans for Post-Incentive...
In a Public Notice released yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission asked for comments on several possible plans for reorganizing the spectrum currently used by television broadcasters....
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: FCC Draws Criticism on Band Plan Proposals
A joint statement released today by AT&T, the National Association of Broadcasters, and Verizon criticized the FCC for seeking comments on new proposals for reorganizing the spectrum currently used...
View ArticleFCC: Customer Data Carriers Obtain Through Mobile Devices Subject to Existing...
Telecommunications carriers and providers of interconnected VoIP service with access to certain kinds of customer information collected through mobile devices are subject to existing privacy rules...
View ArticleFrench Competition Authority Probes Whether Mobile App Stores “Lock-In” Users
The French Competition Authority (FCA) is currently investigating the mobile app market. In the context of the publication of the 2012 Annual Report, FCA’s President Bruno Lasserre revealed that the...
View ArticleSpectrumWatch: Congress, FCC Consider Options for TV Spectrum Repacking,...
A congressional subcommittee held an oversight hearing Tuesday addressing the Federal Communications Commission’s progress in setting rules for the upcoming incentive auction of television broadcast...
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