The Wireless Bureau has given the wireless industry an early Christmas gift by announcing benchmarks and clarifying some aspects of data roaming rate policies. But questions still remain.… Continue Reading
If you have any thoughts on how to determine the "commercial reasonableness" of data roaming charges, the FCC wants to hear from you.… Continue Reading
The court held the roaming requirement to be a lawful exercise of the FCC's powers. But not, it emphasized, because the FCC has any common carrier authority over mobile data service - which the FCC unquestionably lacks.… Continue Reading
Last April the Commission mandated automatic data-roaming among facilities-based providers of commercial mobile data service. The complaint process that was included in the FCC's order has now taken effect.… Continue Reading
In a widely anticipated move, the FCC has mandated that all facilities-based providers of "commercial mobile data service" make available automatic data roaming to other such providers - with some important exceptions.… Continue Reading
