CenturyLink Fined $2.85 Million Following Washington 911 Outage
The 2014 outage left Washington state without emergency services for six hours.
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Sprint To Pay Big in Largest-Ever Do-Not-Call List Settlement
America’s third-largest wireless operator also will implement a two-year plan to ensure compliance with FCC requirements designed to protect consumer privacy and to prevent consumers from getting unwanted telemarketing calls.
FCC: Florida Man Intentionally Jammed MetroPCS Network
A year ago, MetroPCS tipped off the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau that its cellphone towers were being interfered with during morning and evening commutes in Tampa, Fla.
Windstream Must Pay Up for PAETEC Acquisition
A group of PAETEC investors sued the company two years ago, saying the $2.3 billion price tag $5.50 per share was too small.
Verizon Wireless Settles Tethering Case With FCC for $1.25 Million
Verizon denied wrongdoing, but chose the hand-slap from the FCC rather than move forward with the tethering dispute.
Windstream Fined for Billing Practices
Windstream will have to pay a $15,000 fine for charging customers for a full billing cycle, even if they dropped their service or changed it before the billing cycle was up.
Verizon Ordered to Pay the Max for Worker’s Electrocution
A 37-year-old man was killed while working around overhead power lines. OSHA says Verizon violated safety regulations related to the case and the man’s union says a lack of proper equipment and training led to his death.
Sprint, Alltel, U.S. Cellular Fined for Not Meeting E911 Deadline
Sprint Nextel, Alltel and U.S. Cellular Corp. are facing a combined $2.8 million worth of fines from the FCC for failing to meet an E911 deadline. Sprint faces a $1.3 million fine, Alltels is $1 million and U.S. Cellulars is $500,000. The FCC said it will fine the companies because they did not meet the […]
News Briefs
Beleaguered MVNO Ampd Mobile Inc. was purchased out of bankruptcy Aug. 1 by Prexar Mobile, a nationwide provider of wireless services operated by USA Telephone, a CLEC. Launched in 2005, Ampd filed for Chapter 11 protection on June 1. Joe Nacchio, Qwest Communications International Inc.s embattled former CEO, was sentenced July 27 to six years […]
Telcombrokers Acquires Fine Telecom
Telcombrokers of Santa Ana, Calif., has completed the acquisition of the agent base and carrier contracts of Fine Telecommunications Inc., a Costa Mesa, Calif.-based telecom agency, for an undisclosed amount. Telcombrokers has assumed the management of the Fine Telecom subagents and rolled up the Fine Carrier Contracts under Telcombrokers agreements. Randy Fine, president of Fine […]
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