Archive for January 2014
March 3rd – Here Comes The FCC Form 477 Data Filing Deadline Again!
FCC Form 477s must be filed very soon – March 3, 2014 to be exact. Normally due on the first of March, this year’s deadline has been extended to March 3rd. Hurray for 2 extra days! For many carriers, the broadband reporting requirement of the Form 477 is the most difficult to manage. That’s because…
Read MoreThe Regulatory Mix – Friday, January 31, 2014
The Regulatory Mix, TMI’s daily blog of regulatory activities, is a snapshot of PUC, FCC, legislative, and occasionally court, issues that our regulatory monitoring team uncovers each day. Depending on their significance, some items may be the subject of a TMI Regulatory Bulletin.
Read MoreNARUC Releases Draft Resolutions For Winter Meeting
NARUC has released the draft resolutions proposed for consideration at its Winter Committee Meeting to be held February 9-12 in Washington DC. The Resolutions address areas such as universal service, consumer protections during Internet Protocol (IP) -technology transition trials, improved wireless location accuracy, and rural broadband deployment.
Read MoreIP Network Transition? Unlike humans, not everything is in a hurry.
In December of 2013, the FCC’s Technology Transitions Policy Task Force said that its immediate goal is to understand the impact of technology transitions, including the transition to an all-IP Network, on consumers through diverse experiments and open-data initiatives. Commissioner Wheeler has his hands full as consumers, service providers, politicians, and the press push for…
Read MoreFCC Authorizes Technology Transition Trials
At its January 30, 2014, Open Meeting, the FCC authorized “experiments” to measure the impact on customers of technology transitions in communications networks. This includes the transition from plain old telephone service (POTS) delivered over copper lines to feature-rich voice service using Internet Protocols, delivered over coaxial cable, fiber, or wireless networks. The trials could…
Read MoreSenators Speak Out on Proposed Changes to NSA Surveillance Data Collection Program
The Regulatory Mix – Thursday, January 30, 2014
The Regulatory Mix, TMI’s daily blog of regulatory activities, is a snapshot of PUC, FCC, legislative, and occasionally court, issues that our regulatory monitoring team uncovers each day. Depending on their significance, some items may be the subject of a TMI Regulatory Bulletin.
Read MoreNew Reporting Methods for National Security Orders Announced
To resolve a dispute that began last year after former government contractor Edward J. Snowden revealed that F.B.I. and National Security Agency surveillance programs rely heavily on data from U.S. email providers, video chat services, and social networking companies, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has agreed to permit communications providers to make more detailed disclosures…
Read MoreThe Regulatory Mix – Wednesday, January 29, 2014
The Regulatory Mix, TMI’s daily blog of regulatory activities, is a snapshot of PUC, FCC, legislative, and occasionally court, issues that our regulatory monitoring team uncovers each day. Depending on their significance, some items may be the subject of a TMI Regulatory Bulletin.
Read MoreFCC Looking At Expenditure of Funds For NG911 Services
The FCC is seeking public comment on its recently released its fifth annual Report to Congress on State Collection and Distribution of 911 and Enhanced 911 Fees and Charges (Fifth Report), the information provided to the FCC by states and other reporting entities, and the reported expenditure of funds for Next Generation 911 (NG911) services. …
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