CommLaw Monitor
FCC Releases Comprehensive Low-Income Program Reform
The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") released an Order on February 6, 2012 to comprehensively reform the low-income program of the Universal Service Fund to eliminate Link Up in non-Tribal…
Tidbits from the FCC's Proposed Budget
Yesterday, the FCC released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 (beginning in October 2012). The budget offers a few interesting insights into the balance of the FCC's functions. It also offers a preview of what…
VoIP Outage Reporting Obligations to be Adopted at February 15 FCC Meeting
VoIP providers, prepare to report outages to the FCC. Since early in 2010, the FCC has been on a path to impose new outage reporting obligations on providers of interconnected VoIP services, despite industry opposition…
FCC Clarifies USF Reform/Intercarrier Compensation Order
This post was drafted by Chip Yorkgitis . On Friday, February 3, 2012, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau jointly released an order revising and clarifying certain aspects of…
FCC Issues Clarification, Warning about Call Blocking Practices
Responding to complaints by rural LECs that call blocking has increased, the FCC yesterday issued a clarification and a stern warning to carriers not to block, choke or restrict calls to other carriers’ customers.…