CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Issues Clarification, Warning about Call Blocking Practices

Responding to complaints by rural LECs that call blocking has increased, the FCC yesterday issued a clarification and a stern warning to carriers not to block, choke or restrict calls to other carriers’ customers.…

FCC to Weigh in on Cell Phone Blocking in Wake of New BART Policy

In response to yesterday's announcement that BART, the San Francisco area transit authority, modified its cell phone blocking policy, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that the FCC would soon be taking action…