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Recent Decisions Highlight Importance of Timely Submission of USF Revenue Reporting

As we have discussed on several previous occasions in our blog, there are a number of reviews of substantial universal service fund (“USF”) contribution audits conducted by the Universal Service Administrative Company…

Annual FCC Regulatory Fees Due September 13, 2012

As is customary every year, the FCC recently announced the due date for its annual FCC regulatory fees. Regulatory fees must be paid no later than 11:59 PM on September 13, 2012, Eastern Daylight Time. Most federal…

Tenth Circuit Issues Decision in Qwest Phoenix Forbearance Appeal

Randy Sifers contributed to this blog post. Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued its long-awaited decision in Qwest v. FCC, Qwest’s appeal of the Federal Communication Commission’s…

Revised FCC Debt Collection Processes for Delinquent Support Fund Obligations Shift Burdens to Carriers

The FCC recently announced revisions to its debt collection process for those carriers that are delinquent in contributing to the FCC’s Universal Service Fund (“USF”), Telecommunications Relay Services Fund (“TRS”) and…

Derecho Storm Leads to FCC 911 Inquiry

The June 29 "Derecho" storm brought significant damage and power outages to the Mid-Atlantic region. It also brought a number of high-profile 911 outages, which have attracted the FCC's attention. This week, the Public…