CommLaw Monitor
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…
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.…
FCC Takes No Action Against Verizon 911 Outage; Maryland Still Investigating
Last year, we posted a couple of items about outages in Verizon's 911 call completion systems, and investigations by the FCC and the Maryland PSC. We thought now would be a good time for an update on those…
Prepaid Card Provider Settles Failure to Disclose Action for $2.3 Million
In 2011, the FCC was extremely active in the prepaid calling card area, proposing $25 million in fines and investigating several other prepaid card providers . While the FCC has exclusive jurisdiction over prepaid…
FCC Issues Enforcement Advisory on VoIP, Broadband Reporting Requirements
Here's another VoIP item from our backlog. On December 16, the FCC's Enforcement Bureau issued an "Enforcement Advisory" reminding providers of their obligation to submit an FCC Form 477 every six months. The Form 477…