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We’ve all gotten the calls: IRS and insurance-themed scams beamed to your phone via spoofed numbers from your area code. On some days, the robocalls can feel endless—a tidal wave of spam barraging my back pocket. I’ve been known to leave my phone on perma-silent for days at a time because of the onslaught (not a great habit for a journalist). But over the past couple of years, the Federal Communications Commission has begun taking steps to remedy the problem. Now, the crackdown continues with the looming possibility of…

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Defense Department said a study https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3153449/press-release-on-the-nasem-section-1663-report/ released Friday shows Ligado Networks' planned nationwide mobile broadband network will interfere with military global positioning system receivers (GPS) receivers. The Federal Communications Commission in April 2020 voted to permit Ligado to deploy a low-power network. In January 2021, the FCC rejected a bid by U.S. government agencies to put its decision on…

A US appeals court upheld the decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve a SpaceX plan to deploy some Starlink satellites at a lower Earth orbit than planned as part of its push to offer space-based broadband internet. Elon Musk's SpaceX won FCC approval in 2021 to fly 2,824 satellites at a lower orbit to provide high-speed broadband internet services to people who currently lack access. Competitors Viasat Inc and DISH Network Corp challenged the FCC approval. Viasat said on Friday it believes the…

A U.S. appeals court upheld the decision of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to approve a SpaceX plan to deploy some Starlink satellites at a lower Earth orbit than planned as part of its push to offer space-based broadband internet. Elon Musk's SpaceX won FCC approval in 2021 to fly 2,824 satellites at a lower orbit to provide high-speed broadband internet services to people who currently lack access. Competitors Viasat Inc and DISH Network Corp challenged the FCC's approval. Viasat said on Friday it believes…

The Federal Communications Commission said the agency will investigate mobile carriers' compliance with rules requiring them to disclose to consumers how they are using and sharing location data. "This information and geolocation data is really sensitive. It's a record of where we've been and who we are," FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said. "That's why the FCC is taking steps to ensure this data is protected." In July, Rosenworcel asked the 15 top mobile carriers including Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Comcast,…

Xiaomi has recently released the Redmi K50 Ultra smartphone in China and the company is preparing to launch this device in the global market. According to a report by GizmoChina, the Chinese phone maker is set to launch the Xiaomi 12T Pro (the global variant of Redmi K50 Ultra) for the global market in October. Recently, another report speculated about the expected pricing of the smartphone and a different leak revealed a live image of the device which is likely to feature a 200MP primary camera. The latest report…

The US Justice Department and other federal agencies on Thursday called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to revoke China Telecom (Americas) Corp's authorisation to provide international telecommunications services to and from the United States.China Telecom is the US subsidiary of a People's Republic of China (PRC) state-owned telecommunications company. Last year, two US senators asked the FCC to review approvals of China Telecom and China Unicom to operate in the United States.The FCC last May voted…

Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) Do you remember net neutrlaity? It may seem like ancient history now, but there was a time when regulators actually came together to put in place guardrails preventing greedy telecoms from segregating internet access to the highest bidders. Then Trump and Ajit Pai happened. Now, nearly five years after the Federal Communications Commission voted to gut net neutrality protections, a handful of Democratic lawmakers are working to codify the protections into law. This week Democratic S…

On Wed., July 27, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform is holding a hearing with the CEOs of firearm manufacturers Daniel Defense, Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. on the topic of gun violence in America, with a special focus on the sales and marketing of assault rifles.The hearing comes amid the resurging debate over restrictions on guns following the mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, and most recently, in Highland Park, Illinois. While the debate usually tends to focus on…

The broadband industry in 2017 funded a campaign that generated millions of fake comments to create the impression of grassroots opposition to net neutrality rules while the US Federal Communications Commission considered repealing the policy, New York state's attorney general said on Thursday.Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, said her office reached agreements with three companies involved in the scheme - Fluent, Opt-Intelligence, and React2Media - imposing penalties of $4.4 million (roughly Rs. 32.38 crores)…