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WASHINGTON-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger officially named former federal telecom regulator Rachelle Chong to the California Public Utilities Commission. “Rachelle’s more than two decades of experience in telecommunications law in conjunction …

WASHINGTON-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) officially named former federal telecom regulator Rachelle Chong to the California Public Utilities Commission. “Rachelle’s more than two decades of experience in telecommunications law in …

WASHINGTON-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as early as today is expected to appoint former Federal Communications Commission member Rachelle Chong to replace Susan Kennedy on the California Public Utilities Commission. Chong, …

WASHINGTON-California Public Utilities Commission member Geoffrey Brown is seeking to delay the scheduled Jan. 26 vote on a scaled-back telecom bill-of-rights plan, while Commissioner Dian Grueneich crafts an alternative consumer …

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission is set to vote this month on a measure that would create a first-in-the-nation Telecommunications Consumer Fraud Unit. The fraud unit proposal is part of …

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission is set to vote in January on a measure that would create a first-in-the-nation Telecommunications Consumer Fraud Unit. The fraud unit proposal is part of …

The wireless sector will enter 2006 with great expectations, everybody watching third-generation systems shift into higher gear with all that jazzy, digital content whose anytime, anywhere availability is transforming other …

WASHINGTON-California Public Utilities Commission President Michael Peevey is poised to take control of the deregulatory telecom bill-of-rights plan championed by Commissioner Susan Kennedy, who is set to leave the agency …

WASHINGTON-The California regulator behind the campaign to overhaul the state’s bill of rights for telecom consumers has been tapped as chief of staff to GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The appointment …

WASHINGTON-The California regulator behind the campaign to overhaul the state’s bill of rights for telecom consumers has been tapped as chief of staff to GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, adding an …

WASHINGTON-California Public Utilities Service Commissioner Susan Kennedy could be forced to strengthen her proposal to overhaul the telecom consumer bill of rights before a scheduled vote next month, according to …

WASHINGTON-Industry is trying to fend off bill-of-rights measures in two liberal states at opposite ends of the country, while a court battle rages over how regulatory recovery fees are itemized …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said wireless complaints dropped in the second quarter, a shift the agency attributed to a reduction in consumer gripes about billing and rates. At the same …

WASHINGTON-As industry spotlights the latest wireless data innovations this week in San Francisco, another show will unfold just blocks away, where the California Public Utilities Commission opens hearings on a …

WASHINGTON-As the bill-of-rights brawl in California enters a critical stage, emerging developments on the federal front could end up eclipsing state regulator Susan Kennedy’s campaign to enact by year’s end …

WASHINGTON-California regulators did something they have never done before, creating an area-code overlay for Beverly Hills. Beginning Aug. 26, celebrities wanting second, third and fourth phones may find themselves with …

WASHINGTON-California regulators Thursday did something they have never done before. They created an area-code overlay for Beverly Hills. Beginning Aug. 26, 2006, celebrities wanting second, third and fourth phones may …

WASHINGTON-A California-based consumer group last week filed formal complaints with state regulators against Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint PCS, accusing the No. 1 and No. 3 mobile-phone operators of charging …

WASHINGTON-The California Supreme Court last week ruled arbitration agreements between companies and customers do not necessarily preclude people from filing class-action suits, a decision with unclear implications for the state’s …

The California Public Utilities Commission is scheduled to hold a hearing today on a proposal to revamp state regulation of wireless and wireline telecom carriers. The agency will hear from …

WASHINGTON-The California Public Utilities Commission will hold a hearing Monday on a proposal to revamp state regulation of wireless and wireline telecom carriers. The agency will hear from academics, industry …

WASHINGTON-A consumer group petitioned the California Public Utilities Commission to remove Commissioner Susan Kennedy from the agency’s review of the bill of rights for telecom consumers. “Allowing a commissioner who …

WASHINGTON-The California Senate approved legislation creating a bill of rights for telecom consumers, a measure modeled after one-year-old state guidelines that are now in jeopardy as a revamped Public Utilities …

WASHINGTON-John Bohn has been sworn in as the newest member of the California Public Utilities Commission, likely giving GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger the majority he needs to revamp or repeal …

WASHINGTON-A state bill to establish a telecom consumer bill of rights in California is headed to the Senate floor later this week, while Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) made a new …