United States: Telecoms, Mobile & Cable Communications

A federal judge in Florida has ruled that cell phone users cannot sue under the TCPA's do-not-call provisions, determining that the FCC exceeded its authority when it extended protections to wireless subscribers in 2003. The decision challenges decades of regulatory interpretation and could fundamentally reshape telecommunications privacy litigation if adopted by other courts.

Texas Senate Bill 140 (SB 140) took effect 1 September 2025, and applies to conduct occurring on or after that date. The bill amended Section 302 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code to extend registration and disclosure requirements to text messages by expanding the definition of “Telephone solicitation,” which previously applied only to a “telephone call,” to include certain transmissions of text or graphic messages and images. In addition, SB 140 added a definition of “Telephone call” that incorporates the definition found in Section 304, which includes certain text or graphic messages and images, but excludes certain agreed-to transmissions.

Sonera, the compliance and deliverability platform formed by DNC.com and Pure CallerID, has acquired Blacklist Alliance and Number Verifier in a major consolidation move. The acquisitions unite list scrubbing, litigator screening, caller identity, and number remediation on a single platform that now processes over 1.8 billion phone numbers monthly. This strategic combination positions Sonera as a dominant force in the regulated outbound engagement market, bringing together two decades of compliance data wit