CommLaw Monitor
FCC Confirms Recently Modified International Reporting Requirements Will Not Be in Effect for 2013
We posted recently on rules the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC or Commission) adopted in January modifying the scope of and particulars of the annual International Traffic and Revenue reports and Circuit…
FCC Prepaid Card Investigations Continue; Bureau Proposes $25,000 Fine for Non-Response
After six NALs and an Enforcement Advisory, the FCC is not finished with prepaid calling card marketing practices. On February 7th, the Enforcement Bureau issued a Notice of Apparent Liability against a prepaid card…
Annual Reporting Requirements for International Carriers Revised; VoIP Providers and Certain Non-Common Carriers Now Obligated to File
Earlier this month, the FCC simplified the information that must be provided in certain international reports, action that should be welcomed by many carriers that have been subject to these reporting requirements. The…
CPNI Season Kicks Off With FCC Enforcement Advisory
Compliance with a carrier's CPNI certification obligations has provided steady fodder for this blog, with the annual Omnibus CPNI fines, unusual settlements and consistent enforcement focus from the FCC's enforcement…
FCC Ups Ante on Slamming Violations
Four months after Commissioner Pai dissented from a slamming order because the Commission was being too lenient, his fellow Commissioners apparently now agree. In two slamming orders released shortly before the…