The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued separate orders imposing $5 million forfeitures against six companies for deceptively marketing prepaid telephone calling cards. Read more here.
By Erin Fitzgerald on Oct 16, 2015 04:14 pm The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) has released the Application Procedures for the 600 MHz Broadcast Incentive Auction, currently scheduled to begin on March 29, 2016. Read more here.
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB or Bureau) is seeking comment on a petition for declaratory ruling on the regulatory status of mobile messaging services. Read more here.
NCTA spoke with Legal Advisors to Commissioners O’Rielly, Pai and Rosenworcel on September 29 and October 1, 2015, to discuss NCTA’s Petition for Reconsideration of certain pole attachments rules. Read more here.
The FCC issued a tentative agenda on October 1, 2015, for its October 22, 2015 Open Meeting. Read more here.
On August 6, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding promoting the transitions from networks based on time-division multiplexed circuit-switched voice services running on copper loops to all-Internet Protocol multimedia networks using a variety of physical infrastructure
The FCC recently adopted its fiscal year (FY) 2015 regulatory fee schedule. Pursuant to its FY 2015 appropriation, the Commission will collect $339,844,000 in regulatory fees. Read more here.
By Tony Veach on Aug 28, 2015 10:54 am In April 2015, the FCC formally offered annual Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II support to 10 price cap incumbent local exchange carriers with the condition that they use it to deploy voice and broadband-capable networks in their rural service areas.
By Robert Silverman on Aug 21, 2015 01:24 pm Almost all of the FCC’s databases—including the Universal Licensing System, Electronic Comment Filing System, Antenna Structure Registration system, Tower Construction Notification System, Fee Filer, and many others—will be down for upgrades and improvements starting as early as midnight on Wednesday, September
AT&T is making an appeal to the FCC to phase out long distance calling card services to businesses. AT&T says usage of these services is on the decline. As newer communications methods have become more prevalent, the calling card may not be far behind public telephone booths as relics of times gone
