/telecom?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Telecommunications Copyright 2025 ¼«ËÙÈü³µ. en-US Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:31:00 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353919?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353919 A New York federal judge has vacated his order sanctioning an investor in telecommunications infrastructure firm Continental Towers LATAM Holdings Ltd. for ignoring arbitral awards issued in a bitter, yearslong dispute over control of the company, saying the man wasn't properly served. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:28:35 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353657?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353657 The Federal Communications Commission has agreed to push the deadline for its prison phone rate caps back by one year for a company that has argued it needs more time, but it's still standing by the need for those caps at the First Circuit. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:32:02 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353490?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353490 A company that sells virtual private networks and is owned by an Israeli billionaire has been slapped with a lawsuit accusing it of enrolling customers in automatic subscriptions without their permission. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:24:39 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353748?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353748 Internet voice call providers are asking the Federal Communications Commission to preempt California from enforcing new rules that the providers consider "overreach" in regulating the businesses. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:12:18 +0000 /telecom/articles/2354030?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2354030 A California federal judge refused Monday to dismiss a proposed class action accusing Apple of maintaining a monopoly by keeping "full-service" cloud storage functionality limited to its own iCloud service while barring third-party cloud storage from accessing all files on iPhones and iPads. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:54:06 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353771?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353771 The Federal Circuit on Monday vacated a $300 million patent infringement jury verdict against Apple, saying the technology company's right to a unanimous verdict was violated by an Eastern District of Texas judge's instructions that lumped all asserted patents into one bulk infringement question. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 19:02:46 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353936?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353936 China Mobile has failed to fully cooperate with an investigation of whether the company is violating restrictions on its U.S. operations and could soon be fined more than $25,000 per day if the situation continues, the Federal Communications Commission said Monday. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:42:11 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353882?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353882 Rural network providers are happy about some of the changes the U.S. Department of Commerce is making to the multibillion dollar broadband deployment program BEAD, but say they also think the government should turn a keen eye toward making sure projects are scalable and cost-efficient. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:30:09 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353645?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353645 Before coming to Congress in January, Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Md., was a top official at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where she oversaw the rollout of a $42.45 billion broadband access program; now she's working to protect it from the "deeply dangerous" provision in the budget reconciliation bill that punishes states that attempt to regulate AI. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:44:05 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353658?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353658 A real estate marketing company and a lead generation business were hit with a proposed class action in Georgia federal court by a woman who alleges they violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:34:48 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353206?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353206 A Florida-based communications company is claiming that it was improperly denied reimbursement for replacing Chinese-made equipment from its network as part of the Federal Communications Commission's "Rip and Replace" program. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:46:09 +0000 /telecom/articles/2352202?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2352202 Even though the Federal Trade Commission has delayed its click-to-cancel rule that introduces strict protocols for auto-renewing subscriptions, businesses should expect active enforcement of the new requirements after July, and look to the FTC's recent lawsuits against Uber and Cleo AI as warnings, say attorneys at Holland & Knight. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:34:34 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353508?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353508 The Fifth Circuit reinstated a Hispanic former Dish Network employee's suit claiming he was forced out in favor of a younger, white worker, but said the case had to remain in arbitration because he hadn't shown an agreement he signed was invalid. Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:56:24 +0000 /telecom/articles/2352534?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2352534 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected NexStep Inc.'s bid to revive its patent suit against Comcast in a case that had implicated patent law's doctrine of equivalents.  Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:08:30 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353511?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353511 McDonald's has reached a confidential settlement with film and television executive Byron Allen's companies resolving a $10 billion suit claiming the fast food chain discriminates against Black-owned media companies in its advertising expenditures, according to an announcement made Friday. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:01:04 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353476?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353476 The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday told the Virginia federal court overseeing its ad tech monopolization case against Google that the search giant is still withholding documents analyzing a potential breakup of its ad tech business despite an order last month requiring it to produce the material.  Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:21:51 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353349?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353349 Liberty Latin America Ltd. has reached a consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission to pay $24,000 and adopt a compliance plan to resolve an investigation into whether it violated foreign ownership limits. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:00:31 +0000 /telecom/articles/2352319?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2352319 Authorities say the increased use of electronic tablets in prisons and jails helps inmates communicate with family and access entertainment, but advocates warn that the tablets lead to less connection, more surveillance and greater profits for prison telecoms. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:33:21 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353198?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353198 An Illinois federal judge on Friday sentenced former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to seven and a half years in prison and fined him $2.5 million for his conviction on bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud charges, saying his determination that Madigan perjured himself on the stand at trial impacted the stiff penalty. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:32:31 +0000 /telecom/articles/2353181?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /telecom/articles/2353181 Telecom industry groups are expressing guarded optimism that Congress could soon reform the nation's telecommunications subsidy system as a high court decision looms on the future of the Universal Service Fund.