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The Regulatory Mix - Monday, November 11, 2013

Posted by Fran Martens

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.

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Topics: The Regulatory Mix, IP Transition, interconnection, VoIP, Washington

VoIP Numbering Trial Off to a Slow Start

Posted by Sharon Thomas

Beginning in June 2013, the FCC authorized what is supposed to be a six-month trial during which five VoIP service providers are allowed direct access to telephone number resources. The five providers - Vonage, SmartEdgeNet (d/b/a Edge Communications), Wiltel Communications (an affiliate of Level 3), Millicorp, and IntelePeer - have begun filing the status reports required by the FCC. Initial reports were to be filed 60 days after each company requested direct access to numbers with monthly reports filed thereafter. So far, all five providers have filed at least their initial reports, but only Vonage has reported any ported - or new numbers in service - the other four carriers are still in the testing stages.

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Topics: FCC, interconnection, VoIP, numbering trial

The Regulatory Mix From TMI - Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Posted by Amy Gross

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 (our popular subscription service). Most will simply be activities that we felt would be of interest to our blog followers. We plan to post a fresh list every morning.

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Topics: FCC, The Regulatory Mix, TRS, interconnection, regulatory monitoring, New York

FCC Releases Local Competition Report - Part 1

Posted by Amy Gross

The FCC's most recent report on the status of Local Telephone Competition provides  interesting insights into the evolution of competition in the telecommunications industry. Not only does it tell us which segments are growing and which are declining, it also provides insight into the types of technologies used to serve different customers.

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Topics: FCC, interconnection, VoIP

NARUC Telecom Task Force Releases Draft Report

Posted by Amy Gross

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Task Force on Federalism and Telecommunications released its draft report on 6/10/13. The Task Force is seeking to establish a stronger, more cooperative relationship between federal and State regulators to ensure that communications services remain reliable, affordable, and available to all.

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Topics: interconnection, broadband, telecom competition

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The Regulatory Mix - Monday, November 11, 2013

Posted by Fran Martens

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.

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Topics: The Regulatory Mix, IP Transition, interconnection, VoIP, Washington

VoIP Numbering Trial Off to a Slow Start

Posted by Sharon Thomas

Beginning in June 2013, the FCC authorized what is supposed to be a six-month trial during which five VoIP service providers are allowed direct access to telephone number resources. The five providers - Vonage, SmartEdgeNet (d/b/a Edge Communications), Wiltel Communications (an affiliate of Level 3), Millicorp, and IntelePeer - have begun filing the status reports required by the FCC. Initial reports were to be filed 60 days after each company requested direct access to numbers with monthly reports filed thereafter. So far, all five providers have filed at least their initial reports, but only Vonage has reported any ported - or new numbers in service - the other four carriers are still in the testing stages.

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Topics: FCC, interconnection, VoIP, numbering trial

The Regulatory Mix From TMI - Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Posted by Amy Gross

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 (our popular subscription service). Most will simply be activities that we felt would be of interest to our blog followers. We plan to post a fresh list every morning.

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Topics: FCC, The Regulatory Mix, TRS, interconnection, regulatory monitoring, New York

FCC Releases Local Competition Report - Part 1

Posted by Amy Gross

The FCC's most recent report on the status of Local Telephone Competition provides  interesting insights into the evolution of competition in the telecommunications industry. Not only does it tell us which segments are growing and which are declining, it also provides insight into the types of technologies used to serve different customers.

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Topics: FCC, interconnection, VoIP

NARUC Telecom Task Force Releases Draft Report

Posted by Amy Gross

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Task Force on Federalism and Telecommunications released its draft report on 6/10/13. The Task Force is seeking to establish a stronger, more cooperative relationship between federal and State regulators to ensure that communications services remain reliable, affordable, and available to all.

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Topics: interconnection, broadband, telecom competition

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