CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Imposes $20,000 Fine for Failure to File CPNI Certification

Still working its way through the 2009 Omnibus CPNI NAL, the FCC released a forfeiture order against prepaid card provider 88 Telecom. The Commission imposed the full $20,000 penalty proposed in the NAL, rejecting 88…

FCC Announces June 28, 2011 Location Based Service (LBS) Forum

In a May 17, 2011 Press Release, the FCC announced plans to hold a June 28, 2011 public education forum on consumer and privacy issues implicated by mobile Location Based Services (LBS) tracking. The FCC seeks input…

FCC Releases Text of VoIP Outage NRPM; Latency, Jitter Proposed as Reporting Triggers

As we discussed previously, the FCC is proposing to extend outage reporting obligations to interconnected VoIP providers, broadband Internet access providers and to Internet "backbone" providers. With the release of…

FCC Proposes to Require Interconnected VoIP and Broadband Service Providers to File Outage Reports

As we noted earlier this week, the FCC is moving ahead to expand its reporting obligations for telecommunications outages. Touting the outage reporting rules as a 911 service protection, the FCC proposed to expand its…

FCC Commissioner Baker Joining Comcast/NBCU

Today, FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker announced that she is resigning from the Commission as of June 3, 2011. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that she will join Comcast as Senior Vice President of…