In 2018, the FCC issued a Notice of Inquiry to seek comment on the feasibility of using location-based routing to reduce the amount of misrouted wireless calls to 911 and improve emergency response times. Due to technological developments, new industry
The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) has granted an informal complaint alleging that Verizon Wireless failed to comply with section 255 of the Communications Act and part 7 of FCC Rules, which require service providers to ensure that their services and
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released a Notice of Inquiry requesting comment on updates to its rules and policies regarding facilitation of access to offshore spectrum for both private and commercial networks. The FCC seeks comment on
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DC Circuit) has affirmed the interim rate cap of $0.001 per minute for tandem switching and transport of toll-free traffic. The DC Circuit panel’s unanimous decision in Inteliquent
The FCC has adopted a Report and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on its proposal to collect $381,950,000 in regulatory fees for fiscal year (FY) 2022. The FCC also seeks comment on several regulatory fee issues such
The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Security Bureau (Bureau) has announced the implementation of a voluntary Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) electronic filing system (CEFS) for CALEA System Security and Integrity Plans (SSI Plans). The Bureau also
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau and Office of the Managing Director have released a Public Notice setting a July 31, 2023 invoicing deadline for Round 2 of the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. The Public Notice also provides additional information regarding awardees’
The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau has extended a waiver of the Rural Health Care (RHC) Program’s Telecommunications (Telecom) program rules allowing health care and telecommunications service providers nationwide to not use the database of rates to calculate urban and rural
The FCC has adopted rules instituting stringent compliance requirements on gateway providers, which pass international call traffic into American phone networks, to ensure that these providers are complying with the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication protocols in order to combat illegal
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a News Release announcing that it has voted to seek comment on a proposal to extend Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) support to current recipients for additional years in exchange for increased