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Date: 2 Jun 2023 10:22:28 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <digest-replies@telecomdigest.net>
Subject: T-Mobile beats conspiracy claims
CHICAGO — A federal court in Illinois dismissed the last conspiracy
charge T-Mobile faced from a rural Illinois telecom company, which
originally accused the network and some other competitors of
purposefully disrupting calls in rural areas as part of a fraud scheme
meant to make the smaller company’s customers frustrated with their
service. The claims were not sufficiently evidenced despite multiple
discovery extensions and opportunities to amend the complaint.
https://www.courthousenews.com/t-mobile-beats-conspiracy-claims/
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Date: 2 Jun 2023 19:19:42 +0000
From: "The Telecom Digest" <digest-replies@telecomdigest.net>
Subject: New Jersey's New Telemarketing Law
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30 May 2023
by David O. Klein
On May 15, 2023, New Jersey Governor, Phil Murphy signed SB921 (the
"Seinfeld Bill") into law, which amends and adds to New Jersey's
telemarketing law. As readers of this blog know, this comes on the
heels of Maryland's enactment of its own mini���Telephone Consumer
Protection Act ("TCPA") law. The Seinfeld Bill is effective as of
December 2023.
The Seinfeld Bill is notably less comprehensive than the mini-TPCA
laws of Florida, Maryland, Washington, and Oklahoma. Unlike those
mini-TCPA laws, the New Jersey law, among other things, does not
include:
* A rebuttable presumption about calls placed to in-state area codes;
* A business-to-business exception;
* Whether there is a private right of action; and
* A provision concerning the use of autodialers.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1322698?q=1803232&n=806&tp=8&tlk=12&lk=62
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I get the feeling this went out before, but I don't know if I'm right. It was in the report dated May 30, so probably not.
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Date: 2 Jun 2023 17:02:09 -0400
From: "The Telecom Digest" <digest-replies@telecomdigest.net>
Subject: "The FCC Won't Let Me Be": GCI Settles With DOJ And FCC In
FCA Case Alleging Bid-Rigging And Inflated Pricing
by Paula Ramer and Eliza Buergenthal
On May 11, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that
Alaska's largest telecommunications provider, GCI Communications
Corp. (GCI), had agreed to pay US$40 million to settle a False Claims
Act action brought against the company by one of its employees:
U.S. ex rel. Robert Taylor v. GCI Liberty, Inc., No. 19-CV-02029 JCC
(W.D. Wash. 2021). The relator alleged that the company engaged in
price inflation and bid rigging in violation of the Federal
Communications Commission's (FCC) regulations surrounding the
Universal Service Fund's Rural Health Care Program (RHCP).
Through the RHCP, which promotes access to healthcare in rural areas,
the FCC pays companies the difference between providing
telecommunications services in rural areas versus more densely
populated areas in the same state. The program gives $570 million
annually to eligible companies. Companies participating in the RHCP
must go through a competitive bidding process regulated by the FCC.
https://www.mondaq.com/article/news/1322400?q=1803232&n=806&tp=8&tlk=3&lk=53
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