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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…
Commission Proposes to Ease Wireless Handset Hearing Aid Compatibility Reporting Obligations
At its November 15 Open Meeting, the FCC intends to vote on a Report and Order (“Order”) to make some important changes to the requirements for wireless service providers to report on the number of hearing aid…
Tailor-Made: FCC Recognizes Need for Bespoke Rules for Smallsats
On April 17, 2018 the Federal Communications Commission adopted a notice of proposed rulemaking (“ NPRM ”) that seeks to streamline and otherwise tailor the agency’s current one-size-fits-all satellite regulations for…
Open Internet Rules Hit the Federal Register, Triggering Effective Dates and Appeal Deadlines
On April 13, 2015, a notice and summary of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) seminal Open Internet Order (the Order) was published in the Federal Register. As we explained in an earlier blog post and…