CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Continues to Enforce Transfer of Control Violations

On July 17th, the FCC adopted a consent decree entered into between the Enforcement Bureau and AccessLine Communications Corporation, a facilities-based and resold long distance carrier holding domestic and…

International Carrier Settles Transfer of Control Violations with FCC

On December 7, the FCC adopted a consent decree with an international carrier resolving several alleged transfers of FCC authorizations without prior approval. This marks the latest in a series of enforcement actions…

FCC Proposes $100,000 Fine for Failure to Obtain a 214

With the new chairman still awaiting Senate confirmation, it has been fairly quiet on the enforcement front the past few months. Yesterday was an exception, when the the FCC released an NAL proposing to fine a carrier…