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
The change in the "home roaming" rule adopted earlier this month, and the invitation for further comments on possible changes to the rules governing data roaming, have been published in the Federal Register. That establishes the effective date for the adopted change and the deadlines for comments.… Continue Reading
The FCC has slightly modified its automatic roaming rules while temporizing on the question of whether to extend automatic roaming privileges to data services.… Continue Reading
In an impressive display of regulatory shock and awe, the FCC has put a substantial dent in its NBP to-do list by launching six separate proceedings.… Continue Reading
