A nondominant provider of interexchange (IXC) telecommunications services, which provides detariffed interstate, domestic, interexchange services, must file by Wednesday, May 1, 2024 a certification stating its compliance with the Commission’s geographic rate averaging and rate integration obligations, pursuant to Section 254(g) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended1, and pursuant to §64.1900 of the […]

Common carrier licensees with sixteen (16) or more full-time employees must file an annual employment report (FCC Form 395) with the Federal Communications Commission by May 31, 2024. If the filing concerns a licensee that had fewer than sixteen (16) full-time employees during the selected payroll period, no Form 395 filing is required. Such licensees, […]

On April 12th at 2pm ET, join us for a free webinar to get all the information you need to make sure you’re meeting NIST CSF 2.0 requirements! We’ll walk through: What the NIST Cybersecurity 2.0 (CSF 2.0) update includes Ways to get started with or better understand CSF 2.0 What the update means for […]

On March 7, 2024, the FCC released a Public Notice1. seeking comment on how it should fulfill its responsibility to make spectrum resources available for use in the public interested, in light of the fact that the Commission’s auction authority has lapsed. Specifically, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (“WTB”) asks how the Commission could use its […]

Effective January 1, 2024, the Corporate Transparency Act (the “Act”) mandates that millions of both newly formed and existing business entities, including corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and any other entity created through the filing of a document with a Secretary of State or similar office, submit certain information about the entity and its […]

All service providers and equipment manufacturers that are subject to Sections 255, 716 and 718 of the Communications Act must maintain records of their efforts to make their telecommunications services and equipment, advanced communications services and equipment, and Internet browsers built into mobile phones accessible to people with disabilities, as required by the Communications Act […]

Telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers are required to establish and maintain systems designed to ensure they protect their subscribers’ Customer Proprietary Network Information (“CPNI”) and are required to file an annual CPNI compliance certification no later than tomorrow, March 1, 2024 (for data pertaining to the previous calendar year). If a telecommunications provider fails […]

On November 15, 2023, the FCC adopted a Report and Order1 regarding digital discrimination to promote and facilitate equal access to broadband internet services. The majority of those rules will soon take effect, on March 22, 2024. The Report and Order established a framework to facilitate equal access to broadband and internet access service by […]

Deadline to Submit Additional Information in RMD: February 26, 2024 Deadline to Refuse Traffic from Any Provider Not Listed in the RMD: May 28, 2024 In the 6th Report and Order issued last year, the FCC expanded Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) filing requirements, pronounced new prohibitions on accepting traffic from providers that are not listed […]

Telecommunications carriers, including interconnected VoIP providers, are required to establish and maintain systems designed to ensure they protect their subscribers’ Customer Proprietary Network Information (“CPNI”) and are required to file an annual CPNI compliance certification no later than Friday, March 1, 2024 (for data pertaining to the previous calendar year). If a telecommunications provider fails […]