---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20200826072801.GA10133@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 07:28:01 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenges To FCC's One-Touch Make- Ready, Small Cell Deployment, And Local Moratoria Orders by Dave Thomas , Paul Werner , W. Ray Rutngamlug , Elfin L. Noce and Abraham J. Shanedling On August 12, 2020, a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed three orders issued in 2018 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promote infrastructure investment and broadband deployment, including 5G small cell nodes. https://tinyurl.com/yxah9ton -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200826070237.GA9672@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 07:02:37 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: The Pentagon will be able to keep buying Huawei and other Chinese telecommunications equipment WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is granting the Pentagon a temporary waiver of government-wide ban on contractors using Huawei and other Chinese-made telecommunications equipment, according to a memo obtained by Defense News. https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2020/08/14/pentagon-wins-brief-waiver-from-governments-huawei-ban/ -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200826072319.GA10024@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 07:23:19 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: Monthly TCPA Digest - August 2020 We are pleased to present our latest Monthly TCPA Digest, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In this month's edition, we cover the Sixth Circuit's ruling in Allan v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, which expands a circuit split on the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) under the TCPA. The Sixth Circuit sided with the Second and Ninth Circuits in holding that equipment that stores and dials telephone numbers is an ATDS even if it dials numbers that were not randomly or sequentially generated. In contrast, the Seventh and Eleventh Circuits found that a stored-number system without the ability to randomly or sequentially generate numbers is not an ATDS. The Supreme Court is expected to resolve the split in Facebook Inc. v. Duguid, a case arising from the Ninth Circuit. https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/dodd-frank-consumer-protection-act/978048/monthly-tcpa-digest-august-2020?email_access=on -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20200826073624.GA10248@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 07:36:24 +0000 From: Moderator <telecomdigestsubmissions@remove-this.telecom-digest.org> Subject: The Pandemic's Silver Lining: Tips For Making The Most Of Virtual Communication by Alan L. Rupe If there is a silver lining in the current COVID-19 pandemic, it may very well be the pervasiveness of electronic communication, including Zoom, WebEx, Blue Jeans, and other virtual platforms. Before March 12, 2020, I traveled constantly. It was not unusual to spend a day traveling, appear in court for a 15-minute case management conference, and spend another half day returning to home base only to travel again. And many judges simply found it more convenient to ask attorneys to travel from wherever to their courtrooms, stand in line or sit patiently while a docket was called, and then spend a brief amount of time with the judge providing the court with the status of a case. Much work for 15 minutes of facetime with the judge. https://tinyurl.com/yyjmd9e2 -- Bill Horne Telecom Digest Moderator ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 27 Aug 2020