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Billions of robocalls are placed each year, and now new federal standards could assist in rooting them out. But consumer advocates say your phone carrier has to play ball for it to work.

Officials in some urban areas are raising concerns about a federal rule limiting how federal coronavirus relief money can be spent on high-speed internet

Federal regulators are considering allowing state prisons across the country more technological options to combat contraband cellphones.

A new requirement by the FCC on the big telephone companies is aiming to cut down on robocalls.

Former President Donald Trump’s private club was paid over $175,000 in May by the RNC to host its donor retreat.

Low-income Americans may be eligible for a $50 monthly discount on high-speed internet service. There’s also a one-time $100 subsidy for tablets and laptops.

The Firefox-maker is leading a push for the Federal Communications Commission to reinstate net neutrality rules stripped away under the Trump administration.

The U.S. communications regulator on Tuesday proposed a $225 million fine, its largest ever, against two health insurance telemarketers for spamming people with 1 billion robocalls using fake phone numbers

Companies also agreed to waive late fees and open Wi-Fi hot spots to Americans who need them.

Companies also agreed to waive late fees and open Wi-Fi hot spots to Americans who need them.

Aiming to make it easier for people to get help and to reduce the stigma associated with mental health, federal regulators are moving toward setting up a new three-digit number for people to reach a suicide prevention hotline. A law last year required the Federal Communications Commission to study assigning a three-digit number for suicide prevention. That study found evidence...

Iconic kids’ show “Sesame Street” will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend.

This first episode of “Sesame Street” — sponsored by the letters W, S and E and the numbers 2 and 3 — aired in the fall of 1969. It was a turbulent time in America, rocked by the Vietnam War and raw from the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King the year before. The media, like today, was going through disruption.

This first episode of “Sesame Street” — sponsored by the letters W, S and E and the numbers 2 and 3 — aired in the fall of 1969. It was a turbulent time in America, rocked by the Vietnam War and raw from the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King the year before. The media, like today, was going through disruption.

The San Diego City Council is on the brink of a $19 million contract extension with Verizon Wireless despite service strength complaints from customers from North Park to Carlsbad, and even the city’s own police department.

The city is planning to extend its current Verizon contract amidst ongoing outage concerns. NBC 7’s Alex Presha has more.

Thousands of Verizon Wireless customers along the southern border from San Diego to El Paso, Texas, have found themselves in the middle of a war between two international wireless companies. In one corner stands Verizon Wireless, and in the other is Altán Redes, the newly arrived wholesale wireless network in Mexico.

Spotty cell phone service for some San Diego County customers may be due to a new wireless operator in Mexico, Verizon Wireless told NBC 7.

Telecom companies big and small have reached an agreement with 51 attorneys general to block illegal robocalls from reaching customers’ phones. Attorneys general from North Carolina, New Hampshire and Arkansas announced the deal with 12 phone companies, including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint, in a joint news conference Thursday. Carriers that have signed on to the agreement pledge to take...

Jimmy Kimmel has learned an expensive lesson: don’t mess with the government’s emergency alert system. Kimmel’s network, ABC, was one of four media organizations fined by the Federal Communications Commission this week for improper use of the emergency signal that is sent over television, radio and mobile phones to warn people of danger like floods and fires. The $395,000 fine...