Rural Call Completion Comment Deadlines Announced
The FCC has announced comment and reply dates in its pending Rural Call Completion proceeding. Comments are due on or before August 28, 2017, and...
Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System Scheduled for September 27, 2017
The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) has provided notice to all Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participants that the Federal Emergency Management...
Rural Call Completion Revisited
The FCC is revising its efforts to tackle rural call completion issues with a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Second Notice). Shortly after...
Data for CAF-BLS and Alaska Plan Challenges Released
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced that its FCC Form 477 data as of June 30, 2016 will be the basis for...
FCC Shrinks High-Cost ETC Annual Reporting Requirements
The FCC has issued an order that modifies or eliminates various reporting requirements for high-cost eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) filed annually with FCC Form...
CPNI Rules Back on the Books Including the Annual Certification
The FCC has adopted an Order clarifying that the prior existing Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) rules that were in effect prior to the...
ETCs Reminded to Ensure Lifeline Customer Eligibility
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued a Public Notice reminding eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs) of their ongoing responsibility to ensure the eligibility...
West Kentucky Telco Scores Waiver of ICC Recovery Rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has granted West Kentucky and Tennessee Telecommunications Cooperative (West Kentucky)'s petition for waiver of certain intercarrier compensation...
Updated Lifeline Minimum Service Standards and Budget Announced
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has announced the newly calculated minimum speed and usage standards for Lifeline-supported fixed broadband service. The Bureau also...
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Would Help Unmask Threatening Callers’ Identities
At yesterday’s Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would amend the FCC’s caller...
