CommLaw Monitor
E-rate Is at the Top of the Commission’s December Meeting Agenda
The Federal Communications Commission recently announced its agenda for the next Open Commission Meeting, scheduled for Thursday, December 11 th . The first item on the Commission’s agenda will be an update to the…
Form 477 Filing Interface Reopens; Deadline to File Set for December 11
On November 20, 2014, the FCC released a Public Notice announcing that the FCC Form 477 Local Competition and Broadband Report filing interface, which had been unavailable since October 7 due to ongoing technical…
Draft E-rate Order Will Be Circulated at December Commission Meeting
After adopting the E-rate Modernization Order in July, Chairman Wheeler announced that the Commission is poised to take the next step in updating the E-rate program for schools and libraries. At the Commission’s next…
FCC Proposes $10 Million in Fines for Privacy and Data Security Violations
On October 24, the FCC, over the dissent of its two Republican commissioners, issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL) proposing a fine of $10 million to Lifeline eligible telecommunications carriers (“ETCs”)…
New International Reporting Rules Remain Pending but FCC Solicits Participants to Test Online Filing System under Latest Draft of Filing Manual
The Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) moved a step closer last Friday to making effective changes adopted in 2011 and 2013 establishing revised international traffic and revenue as well as circuit capacity…