CommLaw Monitor
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…
E-Reader Coalition Seeks Waiver of Disabled Access Requirements
On August 1, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") released a Public Notice seeking comment by September 3, 2013 on a petition for waiver from the disabled access requirements filed by a…
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…
Wireline Competition Bureau Clarifies and Revises the FCC's Rules as Carriers Prepare to Make Transitional Intrastate Access Reciprocal Compensation Rate Reductions
Compliance with the FCC's revised intercarrier compensation rules adopted in its USF/ICC Transformation Order continues to be a work in progress for many carriers. The rules have generated several waves of questions as…