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New rules from the FCC impose new obligations and hefty potential penalties on those who robocall a public safety answering point (PSAP) number.

Yes, it appears that AT&T slipped up in this instance, but could it be argued the FCC fined it for the wrong offense?

The decision over the next standard for mobile sim cards has become bogged down in a spat over patents.

Feathers have been well and truly ruffled over the forthcoming divvy-up of UK LTE bandwidth, with Vodafone accusing the UK regulator Ofcom of “taking leave of its senses”, for allowing Everything Everywhere to use existing spectrum to run 4G services.

SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act, or House Bill 3261 and PIPA or the Protect IP Act are attempts by the entertainment industry to curtail the ability of individuals to visit websites that may be linked to suspicious content that may be involved in pirating content. Not sites that have pirated content but that “may be linked to” sites with pirated content.

Why is the internet so upset about SOPA? We examine the key issues....

The Copyright Office’s list consists of TV stations which claim to be “specialty” stations, a desirable status for some in the copyright world (more on that below). The CO is in the process of updating its list, and it has invited comments on some possible changes.

Microsoft says it has over half of the global Original Device Manufacturers (ODMs) for Android and Chrome smartphones, tablets and other devices under license following a recent deal with one of the largest contract electronics producers in the world.
Microsoft has the ability to defend around 78,555 patents and collects millions of dollars in licenses from ODMs serving seven major mobile organisations.