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Two decades is a long time in the world of technology, and telecom is vastly different today than it was then. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 turns 21 this year — today, in fact. Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on Feb. 8, 1996, it was...

Huawei surges; FCC moves on USF and 5G leadership, while scoring open internet victory; and Sprint pockets cash. Editor’s Note: Before we turn the page on 2016, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting what we felt...

(Des Moines) – During National Lifeline Awareness Week, September 9-15, 2013, the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) reminds Iowans that they may qualify for federal Lifeline telephone assistance, which provides partial financial support on their monthly...

Total Call Mobile, a small US operator, will pay $30 million and quit the government's telecoms scheme Lifeline to settle an FCC fraud investigation.The case related to the company’s participation in the Lifeline programme, which provides subsidised...

The state attorney general and Department of Hawaiian Home Lands have hired a team of Washington, D.C., attorneys to sort out the legal tangle surrounding telecommunications company Sandwich Isles Communications. The company’s founder, Al Hee, was sent...