FCC Proposes Model-Based CAF for Rate-of-Return Carriers
The FCC wants rate-of-return telecom companies to transition to model-based support as today’s voice-focused high-cost Universal Service Fund is phased out and converted to a broadband-focused Connect...
View ArticleFCC Reveals Rural Broadband Trial Plans, Reforms E-Rate
The budget for FCC rural broadband trials announced in January has been set at $100 million and the commission expects to award funding by year-end, officials said at today’s FCC meeting, where...
View ArticleFCC Releases List of Areas Eligible for Rural Broadband Experiments
Last week, the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau released a list of census blocks that are eligible for rural broadband experiment support and their associated support amounts, as calculated by the...
View ArticleFCC Adopts Text-to-911 Rules
Building on commitments made by America’s four largest wireless carriers to provide text-to-911 service, the FCC adopted rules to ensure that all remaining wireless carriers and certain IP-based text...
View ArticleFCC Shows VoIP Adoption on the Rise
The Federal Communications Commission has released a report providing details about telephone subscription information within a three-year period ending June 2013. It revealed that nearly half of...
View Article$166,000 Telecom Fraud Victim Files FCC Complaint
On September 4, 2014, the seven person architectural firm, Foreman Seeley Fountain Inc., or FSF, filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against its former telephone service...
View ArticleWhat Net Neutrality Means for VoIP Providers
Net neutrality has been a hot topic all year. The window for public comment on how federal rule-makers should treat Internet traffic closed on September 12, 2014. The FCC received a records 3.7...
View ArticleFCC Chairman Sees Competition Critical for an All IP World
On Monday, October 6th, FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, addressed the Comptel Plus audience with an encouraging message that he views competition as a critical market force for realizing the full potential...
View ArticleNeustar and Telcordia Go Head to Head Over NPAC
Two companies have been vying for a nearly half-billion dollar contract to run the Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC), and the competition has been heating up. The NPAC which manages the...
View ArticleFCC Report on 911 Outage Reveals NG911 Vulnerabilities
Yesterday (Oct. 17, 2014) the FCC revealed the details of a major 911 outage that occurred last April. The details of that report document how a software defect blocked 911 calls to over 81 Public...
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