The transition from circuit-switched telephone technology to digital-based IP telephony is a game-changing development. FHH telecom guru Paul Feldman will help explain it in an upcoming FREE webinar. Details at the link below.… Continue Reading
We reported last year that all cell phone signal boosters marketed in the U.S. must comply with new standards by March 1, 2014. Not so fast.… Continue Reading
With the FCC's blessing and help from the wireless industry, two L.A.-area TV stations are set to test the feasibility of channel-sharing.… Continue Reading
Attention, all you telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers! Your annual reports certifying compliance with the CPNI rules are due by March 3, 2014.… Continue Reading
The federal government has performed its annual ritual of announcing the thresholds it will use for automatic federal review of mergers and acquisitions.… Continue Reading
If you've been thinking about letting the FCC know how you feel about permitting the guy next to you on the plane to yak on his cell phone all the way across the country, you now have a deadline to get your comments in.… Continue Reading
Two well-placed members of Congress are thinking about updating the Communications Act. They'd like to hear from you . . . real soon.… Continue Reading
Reminder from the Enforcement Bureau: wireless service providers - including resellers - must file their hearing aid compatibility reports by January 15, 2014.… Continue Reading
Even the people who don't trust the government to get anything right will make an exception: they want the regulators to silence the individual in the next seat. The problem is finding a regulator having the authority to do this.… Continue Reading
For those who are concerned about the FCC's rural call completion proceeding, two recent Federal Register notices may be of interest.… Continue Reading
In the wake of the unacceptably poor performance of the 911 system during and following the 2012 derecho storm, the FCC has imposed new and rigorous requirements on 911 system service providers.… Continue Reading
The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is looking for input on how the spectrum should be marketed in the "forward" element of the upcoming Incentive Auction.… Continue Reading
