Last week Beeper was acquired by Automattic in a deal valued at $125 million. We don’t know what this means for its FCC petition, but…

There is a classic adversarial interoperability play happening in messaging right now. It involves Beeper (the maker of Beeper Mini), Apple, and the FCC. Android…

The FCC will adopt new rules that codify in law how senders should deal with opt-out requests. Last summer, on behalf of the MEF, I…

Last week we discussed the first three FCC rulings from December. This week we examine the final ruling and its industry impact. The FCC ruled…

At the last meeting of 2023, the FCC enacted four new rulings around text messaging: Require blocking of texts upon notification by the Commission  Declare…

Just a quick one today, pointing you towards this morning’s newsletter which covered the FCC’s latest initiative, led by Chairwoman Rosenworcel, on understanding AI’s impact…

I did not consent to any of the political text messages I received in the last election cycle. Not one. It didn’t matter whether I…

Editor's Note: Thomas M. Johnson Jr. was the General Counsel of the FCC from 2017-2021. As general counsel through most of Ajit Pai's tenure as chairman, Johnson…

A recent filing in a TCPA case uses source code to back up claims made by the plaintiff. The filing is interesting because it shows how hard…