CommLaw Monitor
FCC Uses Revised Forfeiture Policy to Settle Old USF Contribution NAL
Kajeet, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiary Kajeet/Airlink LLC, has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a 2009 investigation by the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (Bureau), initiated in…
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Seeks Comment on Twilio Petition Requesting Classification of Messaging Services Under Title II; Comments Due November 20th, Replies Due December 21st
On October 13, 2015, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) issued a Public Notice seeking comment on a Petition for Expedited Declaratory…
Bureau Settles Rio Verde Wireless Notice of Apparent Liability, Further Reminds Providers of Form 477 Obligations
On October 7, 2015, the Enforcement Bureau settled a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) with Rio Verde Wireless (Rio Verde or the Company) for failing to timely file its Form 477 and for failing to answer the Bureau’s…
FCC Grants AT&T Waiver Request to Use Real-Time Text for Hearing Impaired Communications
On October 6, the FCC issued an Order granting AT&T a temporary limited waiver of the text telephony (TTY) rules “on wireless networks to the extent that they use Internet Protocol (IP) technologies.” In June 2015,…
O’Rielly Paints Team Telecom As an “Inextricable Black Hole” for Applicants, but Will His Call for Reform Fare Better?
On October 1, Chairman Wheeler announced that he has circulated a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking among his fellow Commissioners that would seek comment on simplifying the FCC’s foreign ownership approval process for…