Federal regulators fined wireless carriers Verizon VZ1.13%increase; green up pointing triangle, AT&T T 0.83%increase; green up pointing triangle, T-Mobile TMUS-1.35%decrease; red down pointing ...

The fines relate to sharing of real-time location data that was revealed in 2018. The FCC proposed the fines in 2020, when the commission had a Republican majority, and finalized them today.

but carriers were given time to argue against the claims before the fines were imposed. The FCC argues that the four firms are required to take reasonable measures to protect certain consumer data ...

Following the investigation, the FCC confirmed that wireless carriers had violated federal law by sharing consumer location data. Fines were proposed back in 2020, but carriers were given an ...

Four wireless carriers were each hit with multi-million-dollar fines by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC on Monday accused AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon of sharing ...

Related stories The fines were initially proposed in February 2020. The FCC said on Monday that these phone companies sold customers' location data to "aggregators," who resold access to the data ...

T he Federal Communications Commission announced the fines Monday against Verizon ... of the most sensitive information about us," said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel in a statement.

The FCC has proposed $857,775 worth of fines against seven alleged Massachusetts pirate radio operators running six different stations. The reportedly unlicensed radio stations were investigated ...

Even after being made aware of the issue, the FCC claims, the carriers still failed to limit access to the information. The fines vary across carriers. T-Mobile faces the largest at $80 million.

Four wireless carriers were each hit with multi-million-dollar fines by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The FCC on Monday accused AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon of sharing access ...

but carriers were given time to argue against the claims before the fines were imposed. The FCC argues that the four firms are required to take reasonable measures to protect certain consumer data ...