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CenturyLink to Pay $550,000 Fine for Unauthorized Phone Charges [telecom]
By Jon Reid CenturyLink Inc. will pay $550,000 to resolve a federal investigation into complaints that it placed unauthorized charges on customers' landline phone bills, the Federal Communications...
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FCC Enforcement Bureau Settles with CenturyLink Over Alleged Unauthorized Third-Party Charges [telecom]
On August 13, 2019, the FCC's Enforcement Bureau announced that it settled a nearly three-year long investigation into whether CenturyLink included unauthorized charges from third-party service...
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Wyoming: Rawlins Police Department now offers text 911 service [telecom]
RAWLINS (WNE) - Carbon County residents needing emergency services are now able to text their situation to dispatchers at the Rawlins Police Department, according to a RPD press release. The RPD...
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T-Mobile-Sprint merger: How to decide if you should switch [telecom]
With the T-Mobile-Sprint deal nearing approval, the combined company will be more than an alternate choice when shopping for a US wireless carrier. By Clifford Colby And another one's gone. With the...
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AT&T, T-Mobile Set aside differences in Staff up to Combat with robocalls [telecom]
THE TWO RIVALS ARE PUTTING ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES TO FIGHT THE ROBOCALL EPIDEMIC By Devid Maroon For Attracting A common enemy can do wonders People and groups with each other, along with also the...
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AT&T's Cancellation & Billing Policies Could Use A Serious Update [telecom]
By Daniel Golightly T&T needs to update its cancellation and billing policies to account for customers who have gone through natural disasters and similar circumstances, based on recent reports...
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AT&T Urges 7th Circ. To Dump Appeal In Junk-Text Suit [telecom]
AT&T has asked the Seventh Circuit to reject an appeal of its lower court win in a lawsuit over mass texts sent to customers in Spanish, saying the plain language of the Telephone Consumer Protection...
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Florida Spa Involved In "Nasty" TCPA Text Message Lawsuit [telecom]
by David O. Klein On July 22, 2019, Amanda Defranks ("Plaintiff") filed a putative Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") class action lawsuit against clothing retailer, USA Inc. (""). The TCPA...
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U.S. Agencies Cannot Enter Contracts That Use Chinese Telecom Technology [telecom]
New Rule Implementing NDAA Prohibition: U.S. Agencies Cannot Enter Contracts That Use Chinese Telecom Technology by John P. Carlin, Nicholas J. Spiliotes, W. Jay DeVecchio, Panagiotis C. Bayz and...
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Car Advertising Scam Continues To Make The Rounds [telecom]
by Eide Bailly If you receive a text or email asking you about making money by wrapping your car with a logo, it's unfortunately not a new way to make money in the "gig" economy. It's a scam, pure and...
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They Stole Your Files, You Don't Have to Pay the Ransom [telecom]
The F.B.I. should follow the example of European law enforcement and help victims of ransomware decrypt their data. By Josephine Wolff In July, Europol celebrated the third anniversary of its No More...
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I shared my phone number. I learned I shouldn't have. [telecom]
Our personal tech columnist asked security researchers what they could find out about him from just his cellphone number. Quite a lot, it turns out. By Brian X. Chen For most of our lives, we have...
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TCPA Law - FCC Eliminates Opt-Out Notice Requirement for Solicited Faxes [telecom]
On November 14, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") issued an order ("2018 Order") formally eliminating the requirement that opt-out notices must be included on faxes sent with the...
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TCPA Class Action Costs Rack Room Co. Up To $25.97 Million [telecom]
by Kimberly J. Gold and Erika Kweon Rack Room Shoes, Inc. (Rack Room) has agreed to pay up to nearly $26 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Privacy...
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United States: New York City Bill Would Bar Sharing Of Cellphone Location Data [telecom]
by Gary Kibel and Maxine Sharavsky A bill has been introduced in the New York City Council that, if enacted, would make it unlawful for a mobile application developer or a telecommunications carrier...
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