Keep up with legal & regulatory developments impacting your business.
As explained in an earlier Client Advisory, back in December 2019, the FCC opened a proceeding to consider whether to extend its Truth-in-Billing regulations to Interconnected VoIP (and, potentially, even
On November 29, 2019, the FCC released a Report and Order, requiring telecommunications and VoIP providers to contribute on the basis of intrastate revenues to the federal Telecommunications Relay Services
Intercarrier compensation is a topic most providers of over-the-top (“OTT”) VoIP services would find esoteric and archaic. And, in the long-term, absent a major change in FCC policy, intercarrier compensation
All wireless service providers, including de minimis wireless service providers offering two or fewer handsets and MVNOs, must electronically file their FCC Form 855 for the 2019 reporting period, certifying
There are two recent actions of particular significance that address the scourge of robocalls/Caller ID spoofing. Congress has passed legislation to address robocalling that was signed by the President. Also,
As expected, the FCC released an OTT VoIP Access Order that rejected the ability of Over-the-Top (“OTT”) VoIP providers and their CLEC partners to bill originating end office switching charges.
The following Advisory Memorandum examines recent actions by the Federal Communications Commission and the potential short and long-term implications of these actions on providers of Interconnected VoIP services (including Two-Way
At its December 12, 2019 Open Meeting, the FCC adopted a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) that seeks comments on the establishment of a new three-digit dialing code (988) for
On December 13, 2019, the FCC published a Public Notice seeking comments on whether its “Truth-in-Billing” regulations should be extended to providers of Interconnected VoIP services. In the notice, the
Following the Federal Communications Commission’s Order to deny federal funds to carriers using foreign technology deemed a national security risk, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has proposed a fact-based, case-by-base framework
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced, via a news release , a rulemaking to adopt new procedures to protect federal funds from misuse. The proposed rules would give
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced, via a news release (“the Order”), that it will ban wireless carriers from obtaining benefits from the federal Universal Service Fund (“USF”)
SHAKEN/STIR, the industry-led framework for call authentication, will constitute a major change to the manner in which calls are processed over the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Against a backdrop
The Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) Wireline Competition Bureau (“Bureau”) announced its intention to open a rulemaking proceeding in which to consider eliminating a number of Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (“ILEC”)
As our firm previewed in an earlier Client Advisory, on October 25, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission issued a declaratory ruling that emergency service charges (911 fees & surcharges) imposed
Earlier this year, the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (“PURA”) released an order relating to E-911 regulatory fees which, among other things, adopted new quarterly reporting requirements for certain providers
