CommLaw Monitor
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 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.…
VoIP Access Charge Appeal To Proceed After Nearly Two Year Delay
A long time ago, we posted about a decision of the US District Court in DC declaring that VoIP traffic was not subject to access charges and the strange coalition that asked the Court of Appeals to review the case.…
FCC Seeking More Comment on Allowing VoIP Providers Direct Access to Numbers
With new access charge obligations for interconnected VoIP, new contribution obligations for non-interconnected VoIP, and possible outage reporting requirements, 2012 is shaping up as a year of changes for VoIP…
Reminder: Non-Interconnected VoIP Providers Must Register by December 31
Back in October, the FCC released an order implementing the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (CVAA). Among other things, the order expanded the pool of contributors to the…