With various wireless carriers easing billing restrictions during the pandemic, Verizon has followed suit, and announced on Monday that it will not disconnect individual customers and small businesses unable to pay their bills through June 30. The company has stated that service will not be terminated and that no late fees will be collected, the […]
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It probably wasn’t the best idea to sell their customers’ geolocation data to third-party aggregators in the first place. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Friday issued a total of $200 million in fines to the nation’s four largest cellular carriers for selling access to real-time consumer geolocation data to third-party aggregators. AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, […]
With any luck, this should greatly reduce the number of robocalls you receive throughout the day. President Trump on Wednesday signed the TRACED anti-Robocall legislation into law, extending the FCC’s powers regarding enforcement and potentially fines. The bill, known in full as the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, the planned […]
If you’re looking for some measure of vengeance against robocalls, it’s en route. Congress approved a bill on Thursday that raises the fine for robocalls up to $10,000 per call. The bill has been going the “Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED)”. Per the Verge: Once TRACED is enacted, the Federal Communications […]
T-Mobile launched its nationwide 5G network on Monday, and while it covers more than 200 million people across the United States, its mmWave rollout is still underway. Via a press release, the wireless carrier declared it has launched the “first nationwide 5G network” in the United States, with its signal providing service in more than […]