CommLaw Monitor
Annual CPNI Certifications Due March 3, 2014
It’s time again for carriers to submit the annual Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) certification to the FCC. Telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers are required to certify…
FCC ENFORCEMENT BUREAU REJECTS STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ARGUMENT AND IMPOSES FORFEITURE FOR LIMITED OPERATION OF UNAUTHORIZED STATION
In an order released January 29, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau imposed a $10,000 forfeiture on Lubbock Aero for operating without a license on 123.300 MHz which is available to aviation support stations despite not…
FCC Will Examine Transition to All-IP Networks through Voluntary Service-Based Experiments and Rural Broadband Trials
Today, the FCC adopted a series of steps intended to solicit proposals from communications providers to conduct service-based experiments to explore the transition to all-Internet Protocol (“IP”) networks. Chairman…
Reminder: EPA Facility Reporting Deadline Approaching
March 1 st is the deadline for submission to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) of annual facility reports under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (“EPCRA”). EPCRA requires companies…
DC Circuit Court Vacates Significant Portions of the FCC’s Net Neutrality Obligations
On January 14, 2014, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals partially vacated the FCC’s net neutrality rules applicable to Internet access providers, while affirming the conclusion by the FCC that it has jurisdiction to…