CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

VoIP Coalition Warns of Excessive Regulation

In late May, the Voice on the Net Coalition ("VON") held a series of meetings with FCC Commissioner's offices concerning VoIP regulations. The Coalition discussed topics affecting 21 pending FCC dockets, and, according…

FCC Jump-Starts USF and ICC Reform with Another NPRM

The FCC earlier today adopted (but has not yet released) a substantial NPRM on universal service fund (USF) and intercarrier compensation (ICC) reform, signaling that the agency is ready (again) to engage anew in its…

Verizon and Bandwidth.com Agree to Exchange VoIP Traffic at $0.0007

With intercarrier compensation reform once again on the front burner at the FCC (see our January 19 post ), Verizon appears to be sending a strong signal about the direction it wants rates to go. On January 18, 2011,…

FCC Announces Schedule for National Broadband Plan Proceedings

Thursday, April 8, 2010, the FCC released its Broadband Action Agenda describing the purpose and timing of more than 60 rulemakings and other actions the agency plans to conduct in order to implement its recently…

Court of Appeals Upholds FCC on ISP-Bound Calls

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has upheld the FCC's November 5, 2008 ruling continuing the rate cap on CLEC intercarrier charges for dial-up Internet calls. In Core Communications v. FCC , decided…