CommLaw Monitor
July FCC Meeting Recap: Commissioners Open Proceeding to Examine Call Authentication Techniques to Combat Unwanted Calls
At the FCC’s open meeting on July 13, 2017, the Commissioners voted in favor of a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on call authentication frameworks to allow telephone service providers to identify fraudulent calls. The…
July 2017 FCC Meeting Recap: FCC Plans to Strengthen and Expand “Slamming” and “Cramming” Rules
At its July 2017 Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) designed to strengthen and expand consumer protections against “slamming” and “cramming.”…
July 2017 FCC Meeting Recap: FCC Expands Video Described Programming Requirement
In advance of its July Open Meeting, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) unanimously adopted a Report and Order (Order) that revises the rules requiring certain video programming providers to make video…
FCC (Again) Takes to Bully Pulpit to Urge Network Reliability "Best Practices" to Combat Service Outages
On July 12, 2017, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (“Bureau”) of the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) issued a Public Notice encouraging communications service providers to implement certain…
International Bureau Reminds Filers - Section 43.62 International Traffic and Revenue Reporting Requirement Temporarily Waived
As we reported in an earlier blog post, on May 1, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission’s (Commission) International Bureau (Bureau) issued an Order temporarily waiving the annual Section 43.62 International…