In the May 2025 edition of What's New in Wireless we highlight the recent actions taken by the FCC to address use of the 37 GHz band for wireless services.

Read about the FCC’s proposal to end the STIR/SHAKEN extension and adopt standards for caller ID authentication on non-IP networks. Read about recent court rulings rejecting intervention in the FCC consent rule case and upholding emergency robocalls under the TCPA.

Read about the FCC’s proposal to end the STIR/SHAKEN extension and adopt standards for caller ID authentication on non-IP networks.

Read about two Petitions for Declaratory Ruling filed with the FCC that seek clarity on current TCPA consent rules concerning telephone solicitations during “quiet hours” and robocalling rules for utility companies.

Read about two Petitions for Declaratory Ruling filed with the FCC, which seek clarity on current TCPA consent rules concerning telephone solicitations during “quiet hours” and robocalling rules for utility companies, and a Seventh Circuit holding that communications encouraging a plaintiff to use services that were free to him were not “telephone solicitations” under the definition of the TCPA.

Read about an FCC Eighth Report and Order on call blocking, in which the FCC adopted two proposals related to requirements to block certain call traffic at its February 2025 Open Meeting.

Read about an FCC Eighth Report and Order on call blocking that adopted two proposals related to the FCC’s requirements to block certain call traffic and a motion to intervene in an Eleventh Circuit case, Insurance Marketing Coalition Limited v. FCC, in which the court vacated the FCC's interpretation of its one-to-one consent rule requiring separate consent for each seller.

Read about how President Trump’s recent executive order, which directs all executive departments and agencies to pause currently pending proceedings and review any proposed or adopted rules not yet in effect, apparently applies to three FCC TCPA- and TRACED Act-related actions and the Eleventh Circuit’s decision in Insurance Marketing Coalition v. FCC, which vacated the FCC’s one-to-one consent rule.

Read about how President Trump’s recent executive order, which directs all executive departments and agencies to pause currently pending proceedings and review any proposed or adopted rules not yet in effect, apparently applies to three FCC TCPA- and TRACED Act-related actions.

Read about a recent FCC Order directing over 2,000 telecommunications service providers to cure deficiencies in each of their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) certifications and robocall mitigation plans, a draft Report and Order proposing to change RMD filing requirement rules, an appeal sent to the Fourth Circuit about whether the disclosure requirements under the E-SIGN Act apply to the TCPA, and a Georgia federal court’s decision to stay a case in light of a pending Supreme Court case likely to provide further guidance on the limits of agency rulings.