Reminder – Upcoming Comment Due Dates in FCC NPRMs
FCC’s Foreign Call Center NPRM– The rulemaking aims to limit the use of offshore call centers by American businesses. The Federal Communications Commission granted a…
News Stories: FCC
May 27, 2026
April 24, 2026
Improving Customer Service and Protecting Consumers Through Onshoring
On April 23, 2026 the FCC published rules to encourage and facilitate the onshoring of foreign call centers. Comments are due May 26, 2026 and reply comments are due on…
March 6, 2026
FCC Proposes Call Center Onshoring and English Proficiency Requirements
On March 4, 2026, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr announced in a press release that the Commission will be voting this month on proposals regarding the use of offshore call…
March 5, 2026
Text Messages May Not Be Phone Calls After All?
In recent decisions some courts have held that text or SMS messages are not telephone calls. These decisions have relied upon several prior interpretations and…
March 3, 2026
Reassigned Numbers
In today’s regulatory environment, “wrong number” is no longer a minor operational issue, it has become a litigation trigger. Across the Energy marketplace, we continue…
February 26, 2026
Court of Appeals Concludes Written Consent Not Needed for Telemarketing Calls?
In Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Bradford v. Sovereign Pest Control 2026 WL 520620 (5th Cir. Feb. 25, 2026) held the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) does…
January 9, 2026
FCC Extends Effective Date for TCPA Revocation Requirement
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), through its Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, has issued a new order extending the effective date of a key provision…
December 4, 2025
Comments Due In FCC’s Attempt To Combat Illegal Robocalls At Every Point In Call Path
As reported previously, the FCC in the notice, requests comments among other things on the following: Improved caller identity information; Ability to identify calls…
April 7, 2025
FCC Issues Order Staying Major Parts of TCPA Revocation Rule
Days before the new TCPA revocation rules were set to take full effect, the FCC issued an order that partially delayed many of the most troubling aspects of the order.…
January 24, 2025
Minutes Earlier FCC Postpones Effective Date of One-to-One Consent Rule
Literally moments earlier, the FCC’s One-to-One Consent Rule which sought to redefine the meaning of “prior express written consent” under the Telephone Consumer…
