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Verizon tries to get out of merger condition requiring it to unlock phones
During Trump's first term, the FCC granted Verizon a partial waiver allowing it to lock phones for 60 days to fight fraud.
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Verizon wants the FCC to allow it to renege on a pro-consumer promise it made to the agency
These bad actors target and harm American consumers and US carriers like Verizon for their own profit, by diverting unlocked ...
Verizon wants to lock your phones for 6 months or longer, instead of 60 days
Verizon says the 60-day phone unlocking rule it currently has to follow is outdated, proposing that the FCC waive it in favor ...
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FCC Power Shift Underway As Starks Bids Formal Farewell
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks used Thursday’s open meeting to officially announce his resignation, marking the end of a ...
FCC chairman celebrates court loss in case over Biden-era diversity rule
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr celebrated an FCC court loss yesterday after a ruling that struck ...
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FCC chairman wants hearing over NBC broadcast of Saturday Night Live with former VP Harris
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr wants the agency to designate for hearing the "equal time" matter concerning NBC and its broadcast ...
Congress votes to pull funding for free Wi-Fi hotspots at schools and libraries
A Biden-era policy letting schools provide hotspots for remote learning to children underserved by broadband internet is no more.
‘60 Minutes’ probe is ‘penalty,’ not ‘threat,’ per FCC chair
The complaint against CBS, filed by a pro-Trump group that alleged news distortion, was initially tossed out alongside complaints against NBC, CBS and Fox News by then-FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel in ...