CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

Honesty is the Best Policy: FCC Imposes $1.7 Million Fine for Submitting Misleading Information in Inmate Calling Services Deal

Stressing the importance of receiving truthful and accurate information, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) reached a $1.7 million settlement with inmate calling services provider Securus Technologies, Inc.…

FCC Strips Enforcement Bureau of Authority to Settle Commission-Level Actions

The FCC's Enforcement Bureau will no longer have the power to settle monetary enforcement actions originally issued by the Commission under a process reform announced by Chairman Pai on Wednesday. Settlements of…

FCC Maintains Suspension of U.S. Carrier Payments on U.S.-Tonga Route

Earlier this week, the Federal Communications Commission released an order affirming the International Bureau’s 2009 order directing all U.S. facilities-based carriers within the FCC’s jurisdiction to stop payments to…

VoIP Outage Reporting Makes May FCC Meeting Agenda

It has taken nearly a year since the FCC's Public Safety Bureau first started laying the groundwork, but the FCC is poised to consider expanding its outage reporting rules to cover interconnected VoIP communications…