°µÍø½ûÇø: Telecommunications /telecom?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Telecommunications Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:58:01 +0000 Top Groups Lobbying The FCC /telecom/articles/2348990?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2348990 The Federal Communications Commission heard from advocates more than 100 times in May on issues such as making room for 5G's use of the airwaves, licensing tribal spectrum, broadband mapping, the 12.7 gigahertz band, FCC satellite rules and more. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 18:06:14 +0000 Orgs. Clash At DC Circ. Over FCC's Spectrum Revamp /telecom/articles/2349499?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2349499 Public safety groups are clashing at the D.C. Circuit over whether the Federal Communications Commission overstepped its authority when it expanded spectrum rights in the 4.9 gigahertz band, a segment of airwaves long relied on by emergency responders. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:38:47 +0000 Boeing Says Ligado Must Decide On Satellite Deal In Ch. 11 /telecom/articles/2349817?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2349817 Citing critical unknowns in Ligado Networks LLC's proposed Chapter 11 plan, Boeing Satellite Systems has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to order Ligado to choose whether to accept or reject a key Boeing contract, and to escrow at least $37.8 million to cure existing defaults before confirmation. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:18:35 +0000 Digital Equity Act Grant Terminations Raise Key Legal Issues /telecom/articles/2348741?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2348741 The Trump administration's move to cancel grant programs created under the Digital Equity Act yields key legal and policy questions facing the executive branch, Congress and the courts, including how the administration plans to implement the cancellation of the Digital Equity Act's appropriations in the first place, say attorneys at Akin. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:56:10 +0000 Running Marathons Makes Me A Better Lawyer /telecom/articles/2328074?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2328074 After almost five years of running marathons, I’ve learned that both the race itself and the training process sharpen skills that directly translate to the practice of law, including discipline, dedication, endurance, problem-solving and mental toughness, says Lauren Meadows at Swift Currie. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 10:40:35 +0000 Justices Revive Bid To Enforce $1.3B Indian Satellite Award /telecom/articles/2312517?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2312517 The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a Ninth Circuit decision refusing to enforce a $1.3 billion arbitral award issued to an Indian satellite communications company, ruling that the court's outlier interpretation of a jurisdictional question was incorrect. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:15:05 +0000 Apple Loses Bid To Pause App Store Order Amid Appeal /telecom/articles/2349603?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2349603 A Ninth Circuit panel Wednesday refused to lift a lower court's injunction mandating certain App Store policy changes while Apple appeals it, saying that it wasn't "persuaded that a stay is appropriate" in the high-profile litigation brought by Epic Games. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:52:26 +0000 Dems Say Robocalls Can't Be Stopped With Less Money, Staff /telecom/articles/2348858?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2348858 Combating the scourge of robocalls is normally a more bipartisan issue, but at a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday, Democrats used the opportunity to take aim at the Trump administration for cutting funding and jobs from agencies tasked with fixing the problem. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:37:51 +0000 Wells Fargo And Others Get Final OK For $19.5M Privacy Deal /telecom/articles/2349424?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2349424 A class of California small businesses have gotten final approval for their $19.5 million deal settling claims Wells Fargo Bank NA and two other companies improperly recorded them on telemarketing cold calls in violation of the Golden State's Invasion of Privacy Act. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:08:18 +0000 NC Biz Court Bulletin: TikTok Tussle And Merger Melee /telecom/articles/2349500?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2349500 Spring has sprung momentous decisions and quiet resolutions in some of the North Carolina Business Court's top cases, from clearing for trial the attorney general's suit over a hospital's post-merger standard of care to Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP dropping its coverage dispute over a 2022 data breach. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:55:15 +0000 Dish Wants Court To Act On T-Mobile Case Discovery Dispute /telecom/articles/2349230?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2349230 Dish told an Illinois federal judge it is at an impasse with wireless customer plaintiffs seeking documents in their case against T-Mobile over its 2020 acquisition of Sprint, saying it met with the plaintiffs four times regarding their subpoenas, but the sides have been unable to find a compromise. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:53:04 +0000 FCC Says C-Band Payment Clearinghouse Can Wind Down /telecom/articles/2349427?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2349427 The C-Band Relocation Payment Clearinghouse has received the go-ahead from the Federal Communications Commission to wind down its operations by the end of the month, after the agency agreed it had done what it was intended to do. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:14:14 +0000 Albright Ends Traxcell's Patent Cases Targeting Grubhub, Lyft /telecom/articles/2349441?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2349441 U.S. District Judge Alan Albright has tossed a pair of lawsuits accusing Grubhub and Lyft of infringing a Traxcell Technologies wireless network system patent, saying the patent owner failed to show that either the food ordering service or ride-hailing company actually uses the system. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:30:20 +0000 Calif. Assembly Passes Internet Price Cap, Moving To Senate /telecom/articles/2349541?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2349541 The California State Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill that would mandate a low-cost option capping the price of high-speed internet service for low-income families at $15. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 18:06:29 +0000 FTC Can't Exclude TikTok Blackout From Meta Case /telecom/articles/2349211?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2349211 Meta Platforms can point to TikTok briefly going dark at the beginning of 2025 as it tries to fend off claims that it is monopolizing the social media market, after a D.C. federal judge refused to let the Federal Trade Commission lock the case to evidence from the year 2023. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:30:45 +0000 FCC Hopes To Junk 'Dead Wood' In Cable Regs, Chair Says /telecom/articles/2348991?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2348991 The Federal Communications Commission wants to eliminate 77 regulations affecting the cable industry that the FCC's Republican chief says are outdated. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:23:50 +0000 Aerospace Coms Group Asks FCC To Redo Launch Changes /telecom/articles/2349209?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2349209 A radio communications group representing the country's largest aerospace companies and defense contractors is asking the Federal Communications Commission to rethink certain recent procedural changes for space launch operations, arguing that more safeguards are needed to protect incumbent flight test operations from potential space launch interference. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 16:23:45 +0000 Apple Can Shield Info In NJ TikTok Addiction Suit /telecom/articles/2348791?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2348791 A New Jersey state court will allow Apple Inc. to inject itself into the state attorney general's high-profile lawsuit accusing TikTok of designing features that harm and cause addiction in children, allowing the manufacturer of the iPhone to argue, away from public view, that certain content in the lawsuit should be redacted. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:55:22 +0000 Judge Won't Block Amazon From Talking To Depo Witnesses /telecom/articles/2348928?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2348928 A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Federal Trade Commission's bid, in its antitrust case against Amazon, seeking to block lawyers representing the e-commerce giant from conferring with witnesses during breaks in their depositions. Wed, 04 Jun 2025 14:14:05 +0000 DraftKings Can't Escape Automated Text Message Class Suit /telecom/articles/806364?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/806364 An Illinois federal judge on Monday kept alive a putative class action over an alleged automated promotional text message sent by daily fantasy sports giant DraftKings but tossed a claim that the message stole data from recipients, finding that the loss of value for a single text message is too small.