CommLaw Monitor
Wireline Competition Bureau Clarifies and Revises the FCC's Rules as Carriers Prepare to Make Transitional Intrastate Access Reciprocal Compensation Rate Reductions
Compliance with the FCC's revised intercarrier compensation rules adopted in its USF/ICC Transformation Order continues to be a work in progress for many carriers. The rules have generated several waves of questions as…
Commissioners Rosenworcel and Pai Take Office
One week after Senate confirmation, new FCC Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Pai were sworn in to office. With these appointments, the FCC reaches its full complement of commissioners for the first time in…
VoIP Outage Reporting Obligations One Step Closer to Implementation
This post was co-written by Randy Sifers . In February, the FCC adopted new outage reporting rules for interconnected VoIP providers. Our story and our advisory on the new rules are available at this link . At the…
Verizon and Verizon Wireless Pay $200,000 to Settle Outage Reporting Investigations
Randy Sifers contributed to this blog post. On March 14, 2012, the FCC released two consent decrees settling investigations into Verizon’s and Verizon Wireless’s outage reporting practices. Collectively, the two…
FCC Releases 2012 Universal Service Revenue Reporting Worksheet
As it does every year, the FCC released its update to the annual Form 499-A. The Form 499-A is used to report revenues for purposes of the federal Universal Service Fund and also for calculating associated…