CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

Federal Communications Commission Moves to Adopt Rules Easing Certain Tariff Filing Requirements

On Friday, October 4, 2019, Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") Chairman Ajit Pai circulated a draft Report and Order ("Order") that would adopt two uncontroversial changes to the FCC's tariff filing…

FCC Announces May 15th Deadline for Rural Call Completion Intermediate Provider Registration

Continuing to implement the FCC’s rules to improve service to rural areas, the FCC announced that all “intermediate providers” (i.e., entities that carry, but do not originate, long distance traffic) must register with…

FCC Rural Call Completion Order Clarifies Applicability of Service Quality Standards

On March 15, 2019 the FCC adopted its Fourth Report and Order (“Order”) establishing rural call completion service quality standards for intermediate providers. While the Order remains largely unchanged from the draft…

FCC Set to Adopt Rural Call Completion Service Quality Standards

The FCC continues its efforts to improve rural call completion, teeing up a draft Fourth Report and Order (“Order”) that would adopt new service quality standards for intermediate providers (i.e. entities that carry,…

In a Prelude to its TCPA Ruling, the FCC Votes to Create a Database to Identify Reassigned Numbers

With speculation running rampant that Chairman Pai intends to bring a remand order from ACA International v. FCC in January 2019, the FCC took a related step to reduce misdirected calls. At the December Open Meeting,…