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CPNI Certification Compliance About the Same as Last Year
Despite many high-profile forfeiture proceedings, significant outreach by the FCC and even a new app to facilitate filing, the level of CPNI certifications filed this year was on a par with 2010. Last year, we…
FCC Proposes New CPNI Fines
Due to the 1 year statute of limitations for proposed fines against common carriers, the release of a Notice of Apparent Liability for failing to file CPNI certifications has become an annual late-February event. This…
FCC Bureau Strictly Enforcing TPV Requirements
Since 1998, the FCC has adjudicated individual consumer claims that the consumer's telecommunications services were switched without authorization (aka "slamming"). These adjudications often are released by the dozens…
FCC, Maryland Probing Verizon 911 Outages
On January 26th, a snowstorm hit the Washington DC area. For many of us in the area, the commute home was quite a nightmare . But for Verizon, the impact was even more disturbing. Verizon suffered outages in its…
FCC Releases USF and ICC Reform NPRM
Late yesterday, the FCC released its latest NPRM on high cost USF and ICC reform (see our 2/8 post ). The 289 page item, available here, sets forth staggered comment dates triggered by federal register publication.…