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The Telecom Digest for Thu, 03 Mar 2022
Volume 41 : Issue 36 : "text" format

table of contents
Public-Safety Broadband Network: Congressional Action Required to Ensure Network Continuity
Consumers urged to protect themselves from the T-Mobile Data Breach
Blunt Presses FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn on Failure to Disclose Information Relating to Locast Settlement
Monthly TCPA Digest – February 2022

Message-ID: <20220302143355.75CAF73A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 14:33:55 +0000 (UTC) From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Public-Safety Broadband Network: Congressional Action Required to Ensure Network Continuity Legislation set up an independent authority (FirstNet) to create a nationwide broadband network for first responders, such as police officers and firefighters. FirstNet contracted with AT&T to deploy the network, which will be fully operational in 2023. But this law terminates FirstNet's authority in 2027, and doesn't identify another federal agency to oversee network operations or updates. Without legislative action, the public-safety network will be at risk and first responders could lose service. Congress should consider reauthorizing FirstNet before the 2027 end date to ensure network continuity. University researchers in Texas use FirstNet to test emergency communication services in a disaster training exercise. https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-22-104915 -- (Please remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)
Message-ID: <20220302191824.A82F973A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 19:18:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Sean Murphy <murphy.s@remove-this.telecomdigest.net> Subject: Consumers urged to protect themselves from the T-Mobile Data Breach March 2, 2022 Attorney General Knudsen Alerts Consumers Impacted by the Massive 2021 T-Mobile Data Breach to Take Steps to Protect Their Personal Information HELENA - After nearly 37,000 Montanans had their personal information compromised by a massive T-Mobile data breach, Attorney General Austin Knudsen is urging all Montanans who may have been impacted to take appropriate steps to protect their information from identity theft. T-Mobile announced the breach last year but compromised information has recently been for sale on the dark web. Montanans do not need to be current customers of T-Mobile to have been affected On August 17, 2021, T-Mobile reported a massive data breach impacting 53 million current, former, and prospective T-Mobile customers nationwide. In Montana, that included 2,752 customers and 34,071 former or prospective T-Mobile customers. Among other categories of impacted information, millions had their names, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, and driver's license information compromised. https://dojmt.gov/attorney-general-knudsen-alerts-consumers-impacted-by-the-massive-2021-t-mobile-data-breach-to-take-steps-to-protect-their-personal-information/
Message-ID: <20220302190840.9D48F73A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 19:08:40 +0000 (UTC) From: Sean Murphy <murphy.s@remove-this.telecomdigest.net> Subject: Blunt Presses FCC Nominee Gigi Sohn on Failure to Disclose Information Relating to Locast Settlement WASHINGTON - During a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) questioned Gigi Sohn, who has been nominated to serve as Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, about information she withheld at a previous hearing relating to the settlement reached between Locast, where she served as a board member, and television networks that successfully sued for copyright violations. Blunt also questioned Sohn about omitting her involvement with Locast in a recusal letter she signed last month. Following is a Transcript: https://www.blunt.senate.gov/news/videos/blunt-presses-fcc-nominee-gigi-sohn-on-failure-to-disclose-information-relating-to-locast-settlement
Message-ID: <20220302231757.A46EB73A@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 23:17:57 +0000 (UTC) From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com> Subject: Monthly TCPA Digest - February 2022 24 February 2022 by Russell H. Fox , Joshua Briones , Jonathan P. Garvin , Adam B. Korn and Esteban Morales We are pleased to present our latest Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In this issue's Regulatory Update, we cover a proposed Declaratory Ruling circulated by FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel that would require callers to obtain consent from consumers before delivering "ringless voicemail" messages directly to their voicemail mailboxes. We also discuss the FCC Enforcement Bureau's cease-and-desist letters to Great Choice Telecom and TCA Voip, resulting from their alleged transmission of illegal robocalls. In our Litigation Update, we look at what constitutes a "voice" post-Facebook. While some plaintiffs have argued that a text message can be considered a "voice" under TCPA and may thus constitute a TCPA violation, a district judge in the Central District of California recently concluded that the argument defies common sense. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/telecoms-mobile-cable-communications/1164958/monthly-tcpa-digest-february-2022?email_access=on -- (Please remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly)

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