CommLaw Monitor
USF Roller Coaster, Part 2: Contribution Factor Predicted to Return to Nearly 15 Percent
As we have covered in this blog (see here and here ), the Universal Service Fund contribution factor has bounced between 12 and 15 percent for the past year or so. Yesterday, telecommunications consultant Billy Jack…
GAO Audit Finds USAC Audits Lacking in Controls
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a study of the FCC's e-rate program controls. The GAO study recommended that the FCC conduct a "robust risk assessment" of its e-rate program and revise the…
Compliance Reminder: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet Due November 1
What: FCC Form 499Q: Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet - Quarterly Filing for Universal Service Contributors. Contributors must project 1Q telecommunications revenues for 2011 and report actual telecommunications…
FCC Clarifies "Carrier" Definition In Prepaid Context
In a recent USF appeal, the FCC agreed with a prepaid card "platform provider" that each of its customers, not the platform provider, is the "carrier" for Universal Service purposes. The FCC ruled, however, that the…
CPNI Settlement of the Day
As we noted, the FCC is working its way through the 600+ proposed fines included in the Omnibus CPNI NAL . Virtually every day, the Enforcement Bureau releases a handful of consent decrees resolving several proposed…