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Says streamlining regulations, maximum flexibility, are part of charter

Would allow for comparison shopping, including streaming options, commission says

How many text messages have you received lately about a missed delivery of a package you didn't order? Or a prize you've earned for being a loyal customer of a company you don't use? Or a nonexistent withdrawal just made on your account?

Chair Jessica Rosenworcel worked on mandate while on Capitol Hill

Gigi Sohn battles Republican hostility and onslaught of Big Telecom dark money in "proxy fight for net neutrality"

Congress recently passed legislation that will give federal regulators greater authority to limit the costs of prison phone calls.

WASHINGTON: The US government has banned the sale of new telecommunications equipment made by the Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE, as well as video surveillance equipment from some other companies, citing national security risks.

The Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE because they pose "an unacceptable risk" to US national security. The US Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it had adopted the final rules, which also bar the sale or import of equipment made…

Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. were banned from selling electronics in the US by regulators who say they pose a security risk, continuing a years-long effort to limit the reach of Chinese telecommunications companies into US networks.

Rules will require operators to more quickly dispose of defunct satellites that are endangering spacecraft on active missions

WASHINGTON — Privacy advocates are demanding standards for mobile service providers’ handling of sensitive customer information, especially location data, after a Federal Communications Commission inquiry into the top 15 carriers revealed a huge variation within the industry’s data retention and consumer privacy protocols.