The use of the emergency alert system or wireless emergency alert tones is barred by commission rules. Source: NYT > Business – Reuters
Huawei Ban Threatens Wireless Service in Rural Areas
Many small carriers depend on inexpensive equipment from the Chinese company. Now they must rethink expansion plans, and perhaps replace existing gear. Source: NYT > Business – Cecilia Kang
F.C.C. Moves to Increase the Use of Technology for Blocking Robocalls
The agency’s chairman proposed a rule that would empower mobile phone carriers to automatically block the unwanted calls. Source: NYT > Business – CECILIA KANG
F.C.C. Warns About the ‘One Ring’ Robocall Scheme
In the scheme, the phone rings once with no message, prompting some consumers to call back and be connected to a high-billing number, similar to a 900 one. Source: NYT > Business – SANDRA E. GARCIA
Phone Companies Are Testing Tech to Catch Spam Calls. Let’s Hope It Works.
A new standard, called Stir/Shaken, could come to your mobile provider by the end of the year. But there are already ways around it. Source: NYT > Business – TARA SIEGEL BERNARD
F.C.C. Chair Plans to Block China Mobile From U.S. Market
China Mobile, one of the world’s largest cellular providers, applied for a license to connect calls between the U.S. and other nations in 2011. Source: NYT > Business – CECILIA KANG