CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Petitioned in Access Charge Litigation

Beehive Telephone has Petitioned the FCC for a declaratory ruling in an effort to salvage a lawsuit that Beehive brought against Sprint in federal court for collection of access charges. According to the Petition,…

Enforcement Bureau Settles Outage Reporting Investigations

While the rest of the Enforcement Bureau has not yet fully emerged from the FCC transition, the Spectrum Enforcement Division continues to move investigations along. Last month, the division fined several wireless…

Snow Closes FCC for 4th Day

The DC area has been hit with back to back snowstorms since February 5, causing the FCC to close for four straight days. This is the first time I can remember the FCC being closed for such a long time period. We are…

Compliance Reminder: North American Numbering Plan Numbering Resource Utilization/Forecast Report Due February 1, 2010

What: FCC Form 502: North American Numbering Plan Numbering Resource Utilization/Forecast Report When: Due on February 1, 2010 Who must file: Required if carrier has received numbers from NANPA, a pooling administrator…

Compliance Reminder: Telecommunications Report Worksheet - Quarterly Filing for Universal Service Contributors due February 1, 2010

What: FCC Form 499Q: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet - Quarterly Filing for Universal Service Contributors. Contributors must project 2Q telecommunications revenues and report actual telecommunications…