CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

Details of Mandatory Network Outage Obligations for Submarine Cable Operators Released

As we noted in a prior post, on June 24, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted new mandatory network outage reporting requirements for submarine cable licensees. The Commission’s Submarine…

FCC Imposes Mandatory Network Outage Reporting Requirements on Submarine Cable Licenses

The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) today adopted mandatory network outage reporting requirements for submarine cable licensees less than a year after proposing to do so . This mandatory reporting…

Do Recent Consent Decrees Indicate a Shift in FCC Enforcement Policy?

In August, the FCC adopted consent decrees with three companies ( Border Media Business Trust, Time Warner Cable, and ASUSTeK Computer Inc. ) to resolve investigations into potential violations by each company of the…

VOIP Outage Reporting Requirements to Take Effect December 16, 2012

In several earlier posts, we informed you the FCC had adopted mandatory outage reporting regulations for both facilities-based and non-facilities-based interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service…

VoIP Outage Reporting Obligations One Step Closer to Implementation

This post was co-written by Randy Sifers . In February, the FCC adopted new outage reporting rules for interconnected VoIP providers. Our story and our advisory on the new rules are available at this link . At the…