Over the course of the past year, a trend within the hyper-competitive Unified Communications as a Service (“UCaaS”) market seems to have emerged.  Superficially, at least, it looks like certain

On April 7, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) released a Public Notice inviting comment from all stakeholders on whether any updates are needed to its rules implementing

The Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) in January implemented a new rule section, Part 89 of Title 14 of Code of Federal Regulations. Part 89 imposes new remote identification (“Remote ID”)

Yesterday, the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau released an order granting Tata Communications’ petition for waiver of rules governing the Limited International Revenue Exemption (LIRE) to allow Tata to maintain its

As explained below, changes to the way the federal Telecommunications Relay Services fund (“TRS Fund”) generates the funds needed to support a variety of communications solutions to disabled persons are

Congress has authorized, and the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) is administering, two recent funds to ensure the availability of broadband services to those most in need during the continuing COVID-19

The FCC is continuing its aggressive enforcement efforts against robocalls and the service providers that appear to facilitate them.  Coming on the heels of a $225 million forfeiture order against

The Federal Communications Commission released a public notice on March 12, 2021, announcing the proposed universal service contribution factor for the second quarter of 2021 will be 33.4%, up from

On March 4, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) released a public notice reminding equipment manufacturers and service providers subject to the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility

Today, the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released Notices of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture proposing fines of between $10,000 and $20,000 against a half dozen

Republished with Consent of Broadband Breakfast Two Separate California Privacy Measures Are Causing a Chain Reaction Throughout U.S. January 29, 2021—A chain reaction of state-led data privacy initiatives has ignited

In a widely anticipated move, the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) announced an interim final rule (the “Interim Rule”) that designates China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela as

On January 4, 2021, the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in EB Docket No. 20-374 (“NPRM”) was published the Federal Register.  Comments are due February 3, 2021 on the FCC’s

Nearly all Companies in the “Call Origination-to-Call Completion” chain are impacted by a variety of federal laws, FCC’s Rules, and industry group policies implementing  industry-wide measures intended to materially reduce

The Oregon Public Utilities Commission released an order implementing legislation that will subject providers of interconnected VoIP and retail wireless services to state universal service fund obligations.  The new rules