As police and federal agents hunted for the man suspected of setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey, millions of people received an alert on their cellphones asking for help finding the bombing suspect. But a phrase in …
The drone intruder was roaming around the Rose Bowl Stadium as 94,000 fans cheered, oblivious to the threat. But scientists testing a new security device at the game knew: they detected its radio signals and seized control of the gatecrasher. …
On July 10, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Declaratory Ruling revising the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) that became effective immediately. The ruling included the definition of automated dialer and a one call “safe harbor” rule for reassigned …
President Barack Obama’s call for strict open-Internet rules contradicts his appointed head of the Federal Communications Commission and may complicate agency efforts to forge compromise in a polarized political atmosphere. The result could be no rules at all, letting Internet …
Two phone companies – TerraCom Inc. and YourTel America Inc. – unwittingly posted the Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses and other sensitive data of up to 300,000 clients to the Internet, an investigation found, and federal regulators said on Friday …
Public safety agencies in Kentucky are swapping and reprogramming their radios to comply with a Federal Communications Commission mandate aimed at increasing the number of frequencies available for use. By Jan. 1, the radios must use 12.5 kilohertz channels instead …