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FCC Levies $10 Million Fine on Robocaller

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered an Idaho man to pay a fine of nearly $10 million for organizing the placement of thousands of allegedly racist and anti-Semitic robocalls. In a Fo... Read More...

FCC Addresses Non-Compliance with Labeling Requirements

A California electronics retailer has agreed to pay a $20,000 civil penalty for selling radio equipment and devices that had not been authorized for sale by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Ac... Read More...

U.S. FCC Levies $2.8 Million Fine for Illegal Drone Transmitters

In a case dating back more than 4 years, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has ordered retailer HobbyKing to pay a nearly $2.9 million fine in connection with the company’s marketing of drone tra... Read More...

U.S. FCC Proposes Record Fine for Robocalls

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a record fine against two Texas-based health insurance telemarketers for making an estimated 1 billion illegally spoofed robocalls. In a Notice o... Read More...

U.S. FCC Proposes $700k Forfeiture for Noncompliant Microphones

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a penalty of nearly $700,000 against a Brooklyn, NY company for marketing various models of wireless microphones without FCC authorization. Acco... Read More...

Phone Maker Pays $100k to Resolve Charges of Excessive SAR Emissions

A mobile phone company has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $130,000 to settle charges that it illegally marketed a mobile phone model whose radio frequency (RF) radiation emissions exceeded federally mandated ... Read More...

U.S. FCC Proposes $200 Million Fine for Failure to Protect Consumer Location Data

The country’s four biggest wireless carriers face fines of over $200 million following an investigation by the Enforcement Bureau of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that found that the carriers... Read More...

Amateur Radio Operator Faces Fine for Blocking Other Amateurs

A New York amateur radio operator is facing the prospect of a major fine from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for deliberately interfering with other radio amateur operations. The case again... Read More...

Cooperative Agrees to Pay FCC Fine for Violating Antenna Inspection and Signage Rules

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reached an agreement with an Alaskan telecommunications cooperative for violations of the Commission’s regulations regarding antenna towers. Under the ter... Read More...

Company Settles with FCC Over Unauthorized LED Signs

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is continuing its enforcement push against unauthorized light-emitting diode (LED) signs. In an action in late-August, the Commission and Virginia-based Seaso... Read More...

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