Today's Regulatory Mix: Ohio Announces New Broadband Office, FCC Releases Voice Telephone Services Status Report
Ohio Announces New Broadband Office
Governor Mike DeWine announced the creation of BroadbandOhio, an office dedicated to improving access to high-speed internet across Ohio. Establishing an office committed to increasing high-speed internet access across the state was a pillar of the Ohio Broadband Strategy that was released in December 2019.
Read MoreTopics: fcc form 477 data, Interconnected VoIP, OEA, Voice Telephone Services Report, over-the-top, BroadbandOhio, Local Competition Report, OTT
Posted by Sharon Thomas
White Label VoIP Programs: Regulatory Fiction and Fact
"White Label" interconnected VoIP partner programs are everywhere. As advertised, they offer a relatively easy, low-cost way for companies to profit from the growing market for VoIP services. Companies with an IP business customer base are enticed to grow their business by adding voice to their existing product mix.
Read MoreTopics: FCC Form 499, Interconnected VoIP, FCC Form 499 A & Q, White Label VoIP programs, Wholesale VoIP, Retail VoIP, Missed Filing Penalties
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The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau issued guidance to rate-of-return Connect America Fund recipients regarding their obligation to report geo-located broadband information and make deployment certifications to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). |
Topics: Connect America Fund, Interconnected VoIP, Local Number Portability Best Practices, High Cost Universal Service Broadband portal, HUBB, FCC Truth-In-Billing Rules, 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines
FTC Settles Privacy Shield Complaints
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached settlement agreements with five companies over allegations that they falsely claimed certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, which establishes a process to allow companies to transfer consumer data from European Union countries to the United States in compliance with EU law.
Read MoreTopics: FCC Form 477, Interconnected VoIP, ILECs, CLECs, FTC Privacy Shield, Voice Telephone Services Report, over-the-top
"White Label" interconnected VoIP partner programs have exploded in recent years. For those of us who have been around for a while, it brings back memories of the long-distance reseller partner programs that proliferated in the ‘90s.
Read MoreTopics: VoIP regulation, FCC Form 499, VoIP White Label partnering programs, Interconnected VoIP, wholesale provider regulatory obligation, White Label VoIP programs
Today: FCC's Pai on Contraband Wireless Devices in Correctional Facilities, FCC Releases Voice Telephone Services Status Report
Read MoreTopics: FCC Form 477, Interconnected VoIP, contraband wireless devices, ILECs, CLECs, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, Voice Telephone Services Status Report, correctional facilities
Today: FCC Remains Open, Colorado Allows County to Raise Monthly 911 Fee, Northern Mariana Islands Opt-In to FirstNet
Read MoreTopics: Interconnected VoIP, Northern Mariana Islands FirstNet, FCC stays open, Powers County Emergency Telephone Authority, exchange access facility, wireless communications access, Colorado monthly 911 Fee
Today: Broadband Infrastructure Bill introduced, FCC Seeks NANC's Input on Foreign Ownership of VoIP Providers with Numbering Resources
Read MoreTopics: NANC, Interconnected VoIP, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC Broadband Deployment, NG911 migration, LIFT America Act, Broadband Infrastructure, broadband infrastructure bill, Next Generation 911
Many interconnected VoIP providers have historically calculated their interstate revenues based on the FCC's VoIP "safe harbor" of 64.9%.
Read MoreTopics: Interconnected VoIP, Safe Harbor vs. Traffic Study, interstate revenues, FCC Form 499 A & Q, international revenues
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.
Read MoreTopics: broadband internet service, Interconnected VoIP, FCC Data on Voice Telephone Services, Pennsylvania Lifeline
Today's Regulatory Mix: Ohio Announces New Broadband Office, FCC Releases Voice Telephone Services Status Report
Ohio Announces New Broadband Office
Governor Mike DeWine announced the creation of BroadbandOhio, an office dedicated to improving access to high-speed internet across Ohio. Establishing an office committed to increasing high-speed internet access across the state was a pillar of the Ohio Broadband Strategy that was released in December 2019.
Read MoreTopics: fcc form 477 data, Interconnected VoIP, OEA, Voice Telephone Services Report, over-the-top, BroadbandOhio, Local Competition Report, OTT
Posted by Sharon Thomas
White Label VoIP Programs: Regulatory Fiction and Fact
"White Label" interconnected VoIP partner programs are everywhere. As advertised, they offer a relatively easy, low-cost way for companies to profit from the growing market for VoIP services. Companies with an IP business customer base are enticed to grow their business by adding voice to their existing product mix.
Read MoreTopics: FCC Form 499, Interconnected VoIP, FCC Form 499 A & Q, White Label VoIP programs, Wholesale VoIP, Retail VoIP, Missed Filing Penalties
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The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau issued guidance to rate-of-return Connect America Fund recipients regarding their obligation to report geo-located broadband information and make deployment certifications to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). |
Topics: Connect America Fund, Interconnected VoIP, Local Number Portability Best Practices, High Cost Universal Service Broadband portal, HUBB, FCC Truth-In-Billing Rules, 2020 Vertical Merger Guidelines
FTC Settles Privacy Shield Complaints
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it reached settlement agreements with five companies over allegations that they falsely claimed certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, which establishes a process to allow companies to transfer consumer data from European Union countries to the United States in compliance with EU law.
Read MoreTopics: FCC Form 477, Interconnected VoIP, ILECs, CLECs, FTC Privacy Shield, Voice Telephone Services Report, over-the-top
"White Label" interconnected VoIP partner programs have exploded in recent years. For those of us who have been around for a while, it brings back memories of the long-distance reseller partner programs that proliferated in the ‘90s.
Read MoreTopics: VoIP regulation, FCC Form 499, VoIP White Label partnering programs, Interconnected VoIP, wholesale provider regulatory obligation, White Label VoIP programs
Today: FCC's Pai on Contraband Wireless Devices in Correctional Facilities, FCC Releases Voice Telephone Services Status Report
Read MoreTopics: FCC Form 477, Interconnected VoIP, contraband wireless devices, ILECs, CLECs, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, Voice Telephone Services Status Report, correctional facilities
Today: FCC Remains Open, Colorado Allows County to Raise Monthly 911 Fee, Northern Mariana Islands Opt-In to FirstNet
Read MoreTopics: Interconnected VoIP, Northern Mariana Islands FirstNet, FCC stays open, Powers County Emergency Telephone Authority, exchange access facility, wireless communications access, Colorado monthly 911 Fee
Today: Broadband Infrastructure Bill introduced, FCC Seeks NANC's Input on Foreign Ownership of VoIP Providers with Numbering Resources
Read MoreTopics: NANC, Interconnected VoIP, Wireline Competition Bureau, FCC Broadband Deployment, NG911 migration, LIFT America Act, Broadband Infrastructure, broadband infrastructure bill, Next Generation 911
Many interconnected VoIP providers have historically calculated their interstate revenues based on the FCC's VoIP "safe harbor" of 64.9%.
Read MoreTopics: Interconnected VoIP, Safe Harbor vs. Traffic Study, interstate revenues, FCC Form 499 A & Q, international revenues
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.
Read MoreTopics: broadband internet service, Interconnected VoIP, FCC Data on Voice Telephone Services, Pennsylvania Lifeline
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