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,
rural call completion,
US Senate,
NTIA
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:
FCC,
rural call completion,
special access
The FCC entered into a Consent Decree with Windstream Corporation that resolves the FCC’s investigation into Windstream’s rural call completion practices. As part of the settlement, Windstream agreed to make a voluntary contribution to the U.S. Treasury of $2.5Million within 30 days.
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Topics:
FCC,
rural call completion
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:
FCC,
Net Neutrality,
The Regulatory Mix,
rural call completion,
Montana,
telecom deregulation
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:
NSA,
FCC,
The Regulatory Mix,
energy competition,
US House of Representatives,
rural call completion,
CVAA
Now that 2013 is over and behind us, we can focus on the challenges of 2014. With the New Year comes change and 2014 will have no shortage of such. Among the many changes, are the highly anticipated final FCC Orders on the requirements for
Special Access Data and
Rural Call Completion. These changes are broad in nature and are expected to have a lasting effect on carriers.
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Topics:
rural call completion,
Compliance Reporting,
special access
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:
FCC,
The Regulatory Mix,
Lifeline,
Oregon,
rural call completion,
Nevada,
Colorado,
telecom competition
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:
FCC,
The Regulatory Mix,
rural call completion,
wireline,
Connecticut
At its October 28, 2013, Open Meeting, the FCC adopted a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in its rural call completion proceeding. According to the News Release, the Order will require providers with over 100,000 lines that make the initial choice as to how to route a call to: (1) collect and retain rural call completion data for six months; and (2) file quarterly reports. Providers will be able to take advantage of a safe harbor. Under the safe harbor, providers that incorporate industry best practices to limit the number of intermediate long distance providers to two will be subject to reduced data retention and reporting obligations. To encourage providers to have all mechanisms in place to ensure calls to rural areas are completed, providers will also have the option of requesting a waiver to have their retention and reporting obligations further reduced.
As soon as they take effect, the new rules will also prohibit providers from transmitting an audible ring to a caller’s handset when the phone on the other end of the call is not actually ringing.
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Topics:
FCC,
rural call completion