With a mere four (4) weeks remaining until the FCC’s June 30th deadline for compliance with STIR/SHAKEN rules, we thought it would be a good time to remind clients that

Proposal Would Require Big Tech to Start Paying Its Fair Share for Universal Service While Establishing a Stable Revenue Stream for Efforts Needed to Eliminate the Digital Divide   Today,

On May 10, 2021, the FCC issued a Public Notice stating that the Secure Telephone Identity Governance Authority (“STI-GA”) has issued a change in its Service Provider Code (“SPC”) Token

Don’t become the FCC’s Poster Child for filing an inadequate, incomplete, non-substantive Robocall Mitigation Plan (RMP”) and avoid making the mistakes many Companies appear to be making with their RMP

A West Virginia federal court judge denied motions to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit against several telecommunications companies.  Mey v. All Access Telecom, Inc., Civil Action No. 5:19-cv-00237-JPB (April

The final countdown to the June 30, 2021 TRACED Act (Stir/Shaken) compliance deadline has officially begun!  [Click linked text for advisory announcing the availability of the Robocall Mitigation Database (and

On April 20, 2021, the FCC released its Public Notice that “announces the immediate opening of the Robocall Mitigation Database, provides detailed filing instructions, and establishes a June 30, 2021

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