The Federal Communications Commission is holding its first-ever phone number auction. The agency announced that the auction of toll-free numbers Tuesday will include more than 17,600 sought-after ...

The Federal Communications Commission is trying to stop investment firm Warburg Pincus from gaining any more control over the board of directors of NeuStar, which dispenses about a third of the ...

The Federal Communications Commission delivered a setback to Neustar Inc., recommending that a crucial telecommunications database contract it has held for about two decades be transferred to a rival.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is coming under pressure to delay handing over control of the little-known system that allows people to keep their phone number after they change ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved a proposal to implement a new resource that will serve as a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline.. FCC ...

The Federal Communications Commission is seeking to update rules around cell phone service to try to curb SIM swapping scams and port-out fraud, two ways fraudsters can access a person’s cell ...

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.

The Federal Communications Commission has introduced new rules to further protect customers from phone number hijacking. If approved, it would require more secure authentication and notification ...

FCC has been trying to crack down on unwanted calls for years now. The agency took aggressive enforcement action against telemarketers for apparently illegal caller ID spoofing and robocalling.

The FCC is considering additional rules, such as preventing “lead generator websites” from taking your request for information and sharing your phone number with other companies, including ...