CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Open Meeting Recap

The FCC took a flurry of actions at yesterday's monthly open meeting . Fulfilling this blog's role as your resource for news and helpful links, below is your guide to yesterday's actions. Wireless Market Report : The…

AT&T, Verizon Cease Reporting Face Value of Prepaid Cards Sold

If you were planning to disregard a Form 499-A instruction, would you report yourself to the FCC? That is exactly what AT&T and Verizon have now done with regard to their reporting of prepaid card revenues. Both AT&T…

FCC Proposes $284,250 Fine for Failure to Pay USF

On May 6, 2010, the FCC issued a Notice of Apparent Liability to NTS Communications, Inc. for failure to pay universal service contributions. The NAL is the second large fine for failure to pay USF proposed in a little…

FCC Overrules USAC on USF Application to T-1s

The Wireline Competition Bureau of the FCC has overruled a USAC finding that an internet services provider should pay universal service fund assessments on T-1s that the company uses to provide internet access and…

FCC Issues Universal Service Reform Proposals

On April 21, 2010, the FCC issued a Notice regarding proposed universal service reforms . The document is 28 pages long plus some lengthy appendices. The Notice itself is divided into a Notice of Inquiry section…