CommLaw Monitor
Alpheus Settles Outage Reporting NAL for $55,000
As the Commission is proposing to expand its outage reporting rules, the Enforcement Bureau is moving closer to establishing base forfeitures for violations of the outage reporting requirements. A settlement released…
Compliance Reminders: FCC Filings Due August 2011; FCC Form 477 Compliance Webinar; FCC Annual Regulatory Fees
Form 499Q: Quarterly Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet Carriers required to contribute to federal universal service support mechanisms must report their actual and projected end user and wholesale revenues for…
US Tax Court Rules on Depreciation Deductions for Wireless Equipment
On July 7, in a case of first impression, the US Tax Court ( Broz v. Commissioner ) reviewed the class lives (depreciation periods) applicable to wireless cellular assets to establish the permissible depreciation…
Prepaid Card Provider Settles Payphone Compensation NAL
For a while, failure to pay per-call compensation to payphone owners was as much of an enforcement focus as is failure to pay the Universal Service Fund today. The FCC resolved one of its legacy cases this week,…
FCC Adopts Anti-Spoofing Rules Implementing Truth In Caller ID Act
Implementing the Truth in Caller ID Act passed last December, the FCC adopted rules prohibiting the fraudulent manipulation of caller ID information. These so-called anti-"spoofing" rules track the statutory language…