FCC set to release consumer-complaint data in mid-September

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission expects to begin releasing data on consumer complaints by the middle of next month, Rosemary Kimball, director of media relations for the FCC’s Consumer Information Bureau, told RCR Wireless News on Thursday.
Information on the amount and type of wireless complaints is expected to be included in the information to be posted to the FCC’s Web site and released to the media.
It is unclear at this point whether specific carriers would be named or whether the information would be limited to telecommunications sector.
CIB Chief Dane Snowden had predicted the action in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday.
Rep. Anthony David Weiner (D-N.Y.) has introduced legislation that would require the FCC to release specific information about wireless carriers and complaints so that customers can better evaluate their choice of carriers. In addition, Weiner has asked the General Accounting Office to investigate the number of wireless complaints.