CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Launches Proceeding to Facilitate Deployment of Distributed Antenna Systems and Small Cell Solutions

On September 26, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ NPRM ”) in which it will address and update rules and policies applying to wireless infrastructure builds. The…

California Requires Most Carriers to Post a Performance Bond

A May 2013 California Public Utilities Commission decision requires most companies holding a California CPCN or wireless registration (“WIR”) to submit a $25,000 continuous performance bond. The decision also revises…

FCC Highlights Progress in Implementing CVAA Requirements

At its open meeting this month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received a status report on the implementation of broad disabilities access obligations passed three years ago. In the presentation, FCC staff…

FCC Confirms Recently Modified International Reporting Requirements Will Not Be in Effect for 2013

We posted recently on rules the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC or Commission) adopted in January modifying the scope of and particulars of the annual International Traffic and Revenue reports and Circuit…

Annual Reporting Requirements for International Carriers Revised; VoIP Providers and Certain Non-Common Carriers Now Obligated to File

Earlier this month, the FCC simplified the information that must be provided in certain international reports, action that should be welcomed by many carriers that have been subject to these reporting requirements. The…