Items tagged "text messaging"
Public Knowledge Petitions FCC to Reconsider Allowing Carriers to Restrict Text Messaging
January 28, 2019 FCC , Net Neutrality , SMS , text messagingToday, Public Knowledge, joined by 15 consumer, rural, and public interest groups, filed a Petition for Reconsideration opposing the Federal Communications Commission’s recent Declaratory Ruling classifying text messaging as a Title I information service under the Communications Act.
Read MoreFCC Approves Flawed ‘Robotext’ Order Enabling Wireless Carriers to Block Your Text Messages
December 12, 2018 FCC , Short Codes , SMS , text messaging , Title IIToday, the Federal Communications Commission voted on a party-line vote to approve a Declaratory Ruling on “Text Messaging Classification,” classifying text messaging as a Title I information service under the Communications Act. This action enables wireless carriers to discriminate against short-messaging services (SMS) and short codes, the standard five or six-digit vanity numbers used by organizations such as Catholic Relief Services for disaster relief campaigns, or by political campaigns and marketing firms.
Read MoreGroups Warn FCC Flawed ‘Robotext’ Order May Hurt Consumers, Reduce Federal Broadband Funding
December 5, 2018 FCC , Short Codes , SMS , text messagingToday, Public Knowledge joined 19 other public interest, rural, Native American, and consumer groups in a letter urging Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to either issue a new Public Notice examining the classification of text messaging and short codes, or to classify both as Title II telecommunications services.
Read MoreFCC To Deny Public Knowledge Petition, Permit Carriers Blocking Political Text Messages
November 20, 2018 FCC , SMS , text messagingToday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai proposed a Declaratory Ruling denying Public Knowledge’s outstanding Petition For Declaratory Ruling after Verizon temporarily blocked NARAL from sending mass text message alerts to its members on legislation impacting reproductive rights.
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