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Latest News in Telecommunications

  • July 10, 2026

    Ga. Sheriff Says Call Rate Cap Waiver Needed For Rural Jails

    A sheriff from Georgia is asking the Federal Communications Commission to grant the waiver that one of the country's largest prison phone service providers seeks, which would allow it to charge incarcerated people more for audio and video calls than the agency cap.

  • July 10, 2026

    Nexstar-Tegna Merger Challenge Gets July 2027 Trial Date

    A California federal judge has scheduled an early July 2027 trial date in DirecTV and a coalition of states' lawsuit seeking to stop Nexstar Media Group Inc.'s integration with rival broadcast company Tegna Inc.

  • July 10, 2026

    1st Circ. Sinks Child Porn Evidence Found On Wrong Phone

    The First Circuit has upheld a lower court's ruling to suppress child pornography evidence found on a Puerto Rico man's iPhone, saying federal agents could not rely on the good faith exception after knowingly searching a device not specified in their warrant.

  • July 10, 2026

    Defense Contractor Accuses Rival Of Trade Secret Theft

    A defense technology contractor has accused a former employee of stealing its trade secrets to help a competing business build a similar product that allows the retrieval of data when a reliable internet connection is not available.

  • July 10, 2026

    Groups Say Verizon's Defense Of Spectrum Deal Falls Short

    Three groups told the Federal Communications Commission that Verizon failed to address shortcomings in the agency's decision to approve its $1 billion takeover of onetime rival UScellular's spectrum in a June filing.

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