Compliance with the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) requirements set forth in its the Eighth Report and Order (“Order”) on the STIR/SHAKEN Caller ID Authentication Framework1 related to use of third-party authentication by providers with a STIR/SHAKEN implementation obligation will become effective on September 18, 2025. Specifically, providers that have a fully IP network or a […]

The Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) 2016 Lifeline Order1 established various timeframes for updates to certain Lifeline service standards and phase-out of certain Lifeline support. The FCC recently announced updates to certain Lifeline service standards consistent with the 2016 Lifeline Order, as well as extensions of waivers that paused certain updates to Lifeline service standards and […]