Keep up with legal & regulatory developments impacting your business.
On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Enforcement Bureau released two Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL) against telecommunications providers for allegedly failing to comply with Universal Service Fund
Back in late December of last year, our firm predicted the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) could soon take steps to subject revenue derived from “Non-Interconnected VoIP” and other
The FCC Office of Managing Director released a public notice on June 12, 2020, announcing the proposed universal service contribution factor for the third quarter of 2019 will be 26.5%,
In the lead up to the Federal Communications Commission’s Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (“RDOF”) reverse-auction on October 29, 2020, the Commission released its draft Auction Procedures Public Notice (“Auction Procedures”)
On June 5th, the FCC Enforcement Bureau’s 11-year long investigation into magicJack’s (a provider of VoIP services) compliance with Commission rules requiring contributions to the Universal Service Fund (“USF”), ended
On May 5, 2020, Representative Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) announced that he and a bi-partisan group of representatives, including Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska), T.J. Cox (D-Calif.), Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), Angie Craig
Last Friday, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) took the next step in cracking down on illicit robocalls by releasing an order (“Order”) adopting rules implementing Section 3 of the Pallone-Thune
On April 23, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”), proposing to gradually expand its video description rules to local affiliates of the top
On April 1, 2020, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) proposing to deregulate and detariff remaining interstate end-user, access charges (together “End User Charges”)1 billed by incumbent
On Monday, April 13, the FCC began receiving applications for the $200 million COVID-19 Telehealth Fund (“the Fund”) appropriated by the CARES Act passed last month. The FCC will review
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has recently released a Public Notice reminding Commercial Mobile Radio Service (“CMRS”) providers of the upcoming five-year wireless e911 dispatchable location accuracy benchmark certification deadline
Under an Executive Order issued on April 4, 2020, foreign telecommunications companies seeking to do business in the U.S. will face formal scrutiny from a joint team of representatives from
The Universal Service Administrative Corporation (“USAC”) announced in its April 2nd newsletter that despite changes to business as a result of ongoing efforts to combat the COVID-19 virus, it will
Along with its Report & Order requiring voice service providers to implement the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication framework in the Internet Protocol (“IP”) portions of their networks by June 30,
As expected, the FCC has recently released a Report & Order (the “Order”) requiring all voice service providers to implement the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication framework in the Internet Protocol
Earlier today, the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission demanded that service providers do their part to stop coronavirus related scam robocalls from bombarding American consumers. They specifically
