Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has decided to let prisons and jails keep charging high prices for ...

Currently, the hotline is accessible by the 10-digit number, 1-800-273-8255 (TALK). The FCC will vote at its July 16 open meeting to make 9-8-8 the number an individual seeking help can dial and ...

When they do this, your inbox displays an email address rather than a phone number. How do you block that? That’s why you need to be suspicious of all text messages from anyone you don’t know.

The Federal Communications Commission this week sent a letter to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. requesting explanation for the problems it’s having porting phone numbers to and from its network ...

FCC Promises New Phone Number Portability Two recent rulings from the Federal Communications Commission would give consumers more control over their home and cell-phone numbers than ever before.

FCC Probes Blocking of Internet Phone Calls. By Jonathan Krim. February 17, 2005 at 12:00 a.m. EST. The federal government is looking into allegations that as many as 200 people who switched from ...

FCC Presses Phone Companies. ... The talks included high-level executives from long-distance giants AT&T Corp. and MCI Inc., and also from regional phone companies Verizon Communications Inc., ...

In two years, individuals in suicidal crisis seeking help will have a number that's easy to remember and quick to dial to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

A burner phone number is basically the same thing. ... There are additional reasons to own a physical burner phone. For example, the FCC mandates that all cell phones have to be able to dial 9-1 ...

“The FCC has for years moved aggressively to address this terrible problem, but we have been limited in the extent to which we can address rates for calls made within a state’s borders ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued an order for telecommunications companies to block robocalls connected to known student loan scams. The FCC said in a release on Thursday ...