CommLaw Monitor
News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group
August 2017 FCC Meeting Recap: FCC Rings Up Another Spoofing Robocaller, Proposing Over $82 Million in Fines
As part of its August 2017 Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (“NAL”) proposing over $82 million in fines against Philip Roesel and the…
FCC Proposes Record $34 Million Fine for Marketing Illegal Signal Jammers
Continuing an aggressive "zero tolerance" enforcement approach regarding signal jammers, the FCC on June 19, 2014 proposed to fine a Chinese-based equipment manufacturer a record $34.9 million for marketing signal…
Interconnected VoIP Providers Getting One Free Bite
What are the ramifications of the FCC's refusal to classify interconnected VoIP? For one, it complicates the job of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau. As a recent Citation to Vantage Communications shows, the failure to…