CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

Proposed Fourth Quarter 2017 Universal Service Fund Contribution Factor Jumps - Poised to Hit New High

On September 12, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission’s (Commission) Office of the Managing Director (OMD) released a Public Notice proposing a universal service fund (USF) contribution factor of 18.8% for…

FCC Uses Revised Forfeiture Policy to Settle Old USF Contribution NAL

Kajeet, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiary Kajeet/Airlink LLC, has agreed to pay $450,000 to settle a 2009 investigation by the Enforcement Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (Bureau), initiated in…

In a Shift, FCC Shelves Prior Forfeiture Methodology For Failure to Pay Into USF and Other Federal Programs

Today, the Federal Communications Commission released a Policy Statement announcing a “treble damages” methodology to assess forfeitures for failure to make payment to a series of federal programs, a move which the…

FCC Announces Another Slight Decrease in USF Contribution Factor

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable (mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;…

USF Contribution Factor Continues its Rollercoaster Ride

After two quarters of near-18 percent contribution factors, the Universal Service Fund's quarterly contribution factor is declining again. For the third quarter of 2012, the USF contribution factor will decline to…