CommLaw Monitor
FCC Modifies CAF Broadband Performance Testing Requirements
The FCC adopted an Order on Reconsideration at its October 25, 2019 meeting modifying the broadband performance testing requirements for service providers receiving Connect America Fund (“CAF”) high-cost support. Under…
FCC Expands Emergency Alert Access Obligations for Equipment Manufacturers and MVPDs
Late last week, the FCC released a Second Report and Order and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking imposing additional emergency alert accessibility obligations on both device manufacturers and multichannel…
Reminder: EPA Facility Reporting Deadline Approaching
March 1 st is the deadline for submission to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) of annual facility reports under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (“EPCRA”). EPCRA requires companies…
FCC Requires Mobile Phone Manufacturers and Service Providers to Make Internet Browsers Accessible to the Blind and Visually Impaired by October 2013
In the latest of its orders to implement the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (“CVAA”), the FCC released a Second Report and Order addressing the accessibility requirements of…
Compliance Reminder: North American Numbering Plan Numbering Resource Utilization/Forecast Report Due February 1, 2010
What: FCC Form 502: North American Numbering Plan Numbering Resource Utilization/Forecast Report When: Due on February 1, 2010 Who must file: Required if carrier has received numbers from NANPA, a pooling administrator…