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Upcoming Filing and Comment Deadlines - FCC Seeks Comment on Requests to Extend STIR/SHAKEN Implementation Deadline: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeks comment through a Public Notice on requests (available here, here, and here) and a related Petition for Declaratory Ruling to extend the June 30, 2021 deadline for voice service providers to implement the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication framework in the IP portions of their networks. Comments are due January 4 and reply comments on January 19. Please see full Newsletter below for more information. wiley.law1W...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 14, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled that federal and state contractors are “persons” subject to the terms of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). Citing privacy concerns, the order overturns 2016 FCC precedent, exempting government contractors from the TCPA’s restrictions. Now, government contractors must obtain permission from consumers before calling or texting them. The decision, in In the Matter of Broadnet Teleservices LLC Petition for Declaratory Ruling et al., No. 02-278 at the FC...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The FCC in 2016 determined that the federal government was not a “person” subject to the TCPA, and that by extension, federal contractors working within the scope of their delegated authority were also not bound by TCPA restrictions.  This Broadnet Declaratory Ruling was the subject of at least one prominent dissent.  At the time, then-Commissioner Ajit Pai observed:  “[I]t is odd to suggest that a contractor’s status as a ‘person’ could switch on or off depending on one’s behavior or relationship with the federal g...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On December 10, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order that it hopes will encourage the deployment of the ATSC 3.0 Next Generation Television Standard (ATSC 3.0) and facilitate the expansion of new and innovative ancillary and supplementary services made possible by ATSC 3.0 technology. The Commission collectively refers to these ancillary and supplementary services as “Broadcast Internet” services, which are distinct from traditional over-the-air video programming services. W...

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 The FCC in 2016 determined that the federal government was not a “person” subject to the TCPA, and that by extension, federal contractors working within the scope of their delegated authority were also not bound by TCPA restrictions.  This Broadnet Declaratory Ruling was the subject of at least one prominent dissent.  At the time, then-Commissioner Ajit Pai observed:  “[I]t is odd to suggest that a contractor’s status as a ‘person’ could switch on or off depending on one’s behavior or relationship with the federal government.”  The ...