Today's Regulatory Mix: Annual Reports for Inmate Calling Services Due April 1, 2021, FCC Announces Milestone Dates for the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, FCC Releases Emergency Broadband Benefit Program Fact Sheet, NASNA - State 911 Administrators Association asks Congress to Invest in NG911
Annual Reports for Inmate Calling Services Due April 1, 2021
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Public Notice reminding providers of inmate calling services that the deadline for the submission of annual reports and certifications is April 1, 2021.
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Topics:
Inmate Calling Services,
FCC Emergency Broadband Benefit Program,
State 911 Administrators Association,
ICS Annual Reports,
EBBP Fact Sheet,
EBBP,
NASNA
Today's Regulatory Mix: FCC Extends Comment Period for Wireless Location Accuracy, FCC Household Broadband Guide, FCC Looks to Refresh Record on Ancillary Service Charges
FCC Extends Comment Period for Wireless Location Accuracy
The FCC agreed to grant a short extension of time until February 21, 2020, for all commenters to file initial comments, and March 20, 2020, for all commenters to file reply comments in its wireless location accuracy proceeding.
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Topics:
Inmate Calling Services,
ICS,
Ancillary Service Charges,
Household Broadband Guide,
Wireless Location Accuracy
Iowa Requires ICS Tariff Filings
The Iowa Utilities Board (Board) has issued an Order clarifying that all alternative operator service (AOS) companies providing inmate calling services (ICS) must file a complete set of new tariffs. In Iowa, ICS providers are registered as AOS companies.
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Topics:
Inmate Calling Services,
Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection,
FTC Hearing on Competition and Consumer Protection,
ICS Tariff Filings,
AOS,
Alternative Operator Service
US House Republicans on Open Internet
Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the text of his opening remarks at today’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing on "Legislating to Safeguard the Free and Open Internet."
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Topics:
Inmate Calling Services,
Open Internet,
ICS,
FCC National Library Week,
U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee
Today: August 11 is National 811 Day, FCC Chairman Pai Asked to Recuse Himself, FCC Annual Reliability Certification, FCC LNPA Transition Webcast/Planning Session, Colorado CenturyLink NG911 Tariff Suspended
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Topics:
Inmate Calling Services,
LNPA Transition,
TOEP,
Local Number Portability Administration,
National 811 Day,
NG911 Tariff,
FCC Annual Reliability Certification,
Colorado CenturyLink NG911 Tariff Suspended
For those of you who follow this story, I’m sure you would never have thought that we’d still be talking about it some 13 years after the initial petition was filed by Martha Wright, asking the Commission to do something about the exorbitant rates charged to inmates and their families.
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Topics:
Inmate Calling Services,
ICS Regulation,
ICS,
FCC Inmate Calling Services Order,
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FCC ICS Rates
The Regulatory Mix, TMI’s daily blog of telecom related 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 Briefing.
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FCC Open Meeting,
ICS Rates,
Chairman Wheeler Fact Sheet,
Spectrum Frontiers Order,
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The Regulatory Mix, TMI’s daily blog of telecom related 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 Briefing.
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Massachusetts,
FCC annual summary of consumer complaints,
South Carolina Dual Party Relay Fund
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 Briefing.
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H.R. 4884 CURB Lifeline Act,
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