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 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 Affirms 2008 Audio Bridging Classification Order
Back in November, we told you that the FCC was considering an order on reconsideration in the 2008 audio bridging classification appeal brought by InterCall, Inc. It took over two months, but the FCC last week issued…
FCC ICC/USF Reform Order Published in Federal Register
This morning, the FCC's November 18, 2011 High-Cost USF and Intercarrier Reform Compensation Order was published in the Federal Register triggering an effective date of December 29, 2011 for all parts of the Order and…
FCC Releases Text of Intercarrier Compensation Order
Late yesterday, the FCC released the text of its USF Reform and Intercarrier Compensation Reform Order, which it adopted on October 27 . The FCC's rules, among other things, transition terminating access charges to…