CommLaw Monitor
FCC Proposes Another $5 Million Prepaid Card Fine
Yesterday, the FCC proposed another $5 million fine for insufficient disclosures on prepaid calling cards. This action is best understood as an echo to the FCC's action in September, when it proposed four similar $5…
FCC ICC/USF Reform Order Published in Federal Register
This morning, the FCC's November 18, 2011 High-Cost USF and Intercarrier Reform Compensation Order was published in the Federal Register triggering an effective date of December 29, 2011 for all parts of the Order and…
FCC Releases Text of Intercarrier Compensation Order
Late yesterday, the FCC released the text of its USF Reform and Intercarrier Compensation Reform Order, which it adopted on October 27 . The FCC's rules, among other things, transition terminating access charges to…
E-Filing of Tariffs Begins Today
Here is another compliance item for our readers. The FCC's rules requiring all tariffs to be filed electronically takes effect today . For competitive carriers, this means that you must file tariffs via the new…
Compliance Reminder: Annual CPNI Certifications
Yesterday, the FCC released an order cancelling more CPNI fines proposed in its Omnibus CPNI Forfeiture Order. Because proposed fines for failing to file the CPNI certification have become an annual event, this is a…