AT&T FCC North America Operators Regulation September 18, 2024 FCC reaches settlement with AT&T for data breach The US Federal Communications Commission announced a $13 million settlement with AT&T to resolve an investigation over a data breach of a cloud vendor in 2023 which impacted 8.9 million mobile customers. By Mike Robuck
FCC North America Regulation September 11, 2024 FCC starts application process for IoT labelling The FCC moved its voluntary IoT cybersecurity labelling programme forward by announcing it is accepting applications for administrators. By Mike Robuck
5G+ FCC North America August 30, 2024 FCC reboots 5G funding for rural broadband, voice The US Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules designed to spur targeted investments in 5G-based services in rural areas based on an improved national broadband coverage map. By Mike Robuck
AT&T FCC Regulation August 27, 2024 FCC fines AT&T $950K over emergency notifications The US Federal Communications Commission levied a $950,000 civil penalty against AT&T for failing to deliver emergency calls or inform relevant call centres of a network outage in 2023. By Mike Robuck
AI & Cloud FCC Regulation August 22, 2024 FCC fines provider $1M for deepfake Biden robocalls The Federal Communications Commission imposed a $1 million penalty against Lingo Telecom for transmitting deepfake robocalls. By Mike Robuck
FCC North America Regulation July 30, 2024 Charter to pay $15M to resolve FCC investigation The US FCC reached a $15 million settlement with Charter Communications to resolve an investigation into the cable operator’s non-compliance with 911 and network outage notification rules. By Mike Robuck
FCC Regulation July 24, 2024 FCC unleashes new mobile speed test app The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a mobile speed test app designed to provide users with accurate information on network performance. By Mike Robuck
