WCB Adopts NECA’s Proposed Rule Changes for Average Schedule Interstate Settlement Disbursements
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB or Bureau) has approved the National Exchange Carrier Association’s (NECA) proposal for average schedule interstate settlement...
FCC Commissioner Carr Urges Big Tech to Pay Fair Share
In a Newsweek op-ed, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has outlined a new approach to fund the Universal Service Fund. Carr’s op-ed cited...
FCC Seeks Comment on Shortening Call Authentication Deadline for Certain Small Voice Service Providers
The FCC is seeking comment on a proposal to shorten the deadline for certain small voice service providers to implement caller ID...
FCC Adopts Order Relieving Certain Mixed Support Companies from Merger Condition Cap
The FCC has adopted an Order on Reconsideration relieving certain mixed support merging companies from a merger condition cap intended to prevent...
2021 Tariff Review Plans for ILECs Released
The FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued an Order setting forth the Tariff Review Plans (TRPs) for incumbent local exchange carriers...
FCC Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) Program Date Announced
In a Public Notice, the FCC announced the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program’s launch. Starting May 12, 2021, EBB program participating providers...
Letters of Intent to Become FCC’s Registered Robocall Traceback Consortium Due By May 27
The 2019 Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED Act) directed the FCC to issue rules aimed at establishing...
FCC WCB Announces Supply Chain Reimbursement Program Fund Administrator
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) announced Ernst & Young LLP as the chosen administrator of the $1.9 billion Secure and Trusted...
Tariff Order Establishes July 1 Effective Date for 2021 Annual Access Charge Filings and...
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) has issued a tariff order setting an effective date of July 1, 2021 for the 2021...
FCC Adopts Proposed Rulemaking for 911 Outage Notifications
The FCC has adopted a Third Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, to improve the 911 network outage reporting framework, intended to “harmonize many...