Petition Seeks N11 Code for Suicide and Crisis Hotlines

Care2, Inc. has filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) seeking the assignment of an "N11" code or other abbreviated...

FCC Resolves April 2014 Outage Investigations: CenturyLink Fined $16 Million, Intrado Fined $1.4 Million

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has entered into separate consent decrees with CenturyLink, Inc. (CenturyLink) and Intrado Communications Inc. (Intrado Communications)...

FCC Resolves April 2014 Outage Investigations: CenturyLink Fined $16 Million, Intrado Fined $1.4 Million

The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has entered into separate consent decrees with CenturyLink, Inc. (CenturyLink) and Intrado Communications Inc. (Intrado Communications)...

Net Neutrality Order To Be Appealed in DC Circuit

Though the FCC’s controversial Open Internet (or net neutrality) Order has not yet taken effect, two early lawsuits were filed by the U.S. Telecom...

FCC Proposes to Sunset NSI Rule

The Federal Communications Commission has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on elimination of its rule that requires wireless carriers to...

CAF Phase II Challenge Process Complete

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has concluded the Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II challenge process and has released an updated list of...

Further Alaska CAF Phase I Notifications Due by May 14

Alaska Communications Systems (ACS) has notified the FCC of its intention to modify its Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase I Round 2 incremental broadband deployment...

Bureau Clarifies Lifeline Usage Requirements

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an Order that clarifies the FCC’s rules regarding subscriber usage of Lifeline-supported service. Specifically, the Bureau...

Bureau Issues Limited Waivers of Rural Call Completion Rules

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has denied a petition for waiver of the FCC’s rural call completion recordkeeping, retention, and reporting rules filed...

Bureau Order Clarifies Lifeline Usage Rules

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an Order that clarifies the FCC’s rules regarding subscriber usage of Lifeline-supported service. Specifically, the Bureau...
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