US Senate Passes TRACED Act
In response to the Senate’s passage of the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, which targets illegal robocalls. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr each issued statements of support.
Chairman Pai released a statement saying, in part: “I commend the U.S. Senate for passing the TRACED Act and Senators Thune and Markey for leading this bipartisan effort. The TRACED Act would help strengthen the FCC’s ability to combat illegal robocalls, and we would welcome these additional tools to fight this scourge.
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Topics:
Robocall,
Connect America Fund Phase II,
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai,
TRACED Act,
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr,
FCC CAF II Awards
FCC Chairman Speaks to Attorneys General On Consumer Protection
The FCC released a transcript of Chairman Ajit Pai’s recent remarks at the National Association of Attorneys General Consumer Protection Conference. Among other things, Chairman Pai’s remarks included:
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Topics:
Consumer Protection,
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai,
510 Area Code
FCC Authorizes Funding for First CAF II Auction Winners
The FCC has authorized nearly $111.6 million in funding over the next decade to expand broadband to 37,148 unserved rural homes and businesses in 12 states representing the first wave of support from last year’s Connect America Fund Phase II auction. Providers will begin receiving funding this month.
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Topics:
broadband,
CAF II,
FTC Competition and Consumer Protection Hearings
FCC Robocall Summit
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that he expects major phone companies to implement SHAKEN/STIR caller ID authentication standards this year, and he will host a summit on July 11, 2019 to examine industry’s progress toward meeting this deadline. The summit will focus on the industry’s implementation of the SHAKEN/STIR caller ID authentication framework and identify any challenges to deployment of the SHAKEN/STIR framework and discuss how best to overcome them.
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Topics:
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai,
SHAKEN/STIR,
caller ID,
Robocall Summit,
FCC Network Resiliency
FCC Denies 214 Authority to China-Owned Company
As expected, the FCC voted to deny China Mobile USA’s application to provide telecommunications services between the US and foreign destinations. This is the first instance in which Executive Branch agencies have recommended that the FCC deny a section 214 application due to national security and law enforcement concerns.
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Topics:
Spectrum for Mobile Service,
California Hearing on Communications Grid,
214 Authority,
FCC Toll Free Number Auction
NIST Releases Privacy Framework Discussion Draft
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a draft for discussion purposes to promote the development of the NIST Privacy Framework: An Enterprise Risk Management Tool. NIST will use feedback on this discussion draft to develop a preliminary draft of the framework.
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Topics:
Privacy Framework,
NIST,
One Ring Scammers,
Wangiri,
National Institute of Standards and Technology
FCC’s Rosenworcel Seeks Update on Sale of Location Data
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel announced she has sent letters to major phone companies to confirm whether they have lived up to their commitments to end location aggregation services. She also has asked phone companies to explain what steps they are taking to safeguard location data that previously was sold to third parties.
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Topics:
FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel,
2019 Broadband Deployment Report,
Location Data,
Broadband Deployment in Indian Country
Vermont Announces ISP Grants
The Vermont Department of Public Service announced nearly $220,000 in grant awards to internet service providers to boost broadband internet speeds at more than 220 eligible locations in twelve rural Vermont communities.
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Topics:
Vermont ISP Grants,
Alaska TRS Fund,
Electric Coops to offer Broadband in Maryland
FCC June Open Meeting Tentative Agenda
