CommLaw Monitor
Wireline Competition Bureau Explains No Presumption of Intrastate or Interstate Jurisdiction for Private Lines; Carriers Must Conduct Good Faith Inquiry Into Nature of Traffic Carried
By an Order issued late last week, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) provided important insight regarding determining the jurisdictional classification of private line revenues. In ruling on long-pending…
FCC Releases Updated 2016 Universal Service Revenue Reporting Worksheet
It’s a new year and the FCC has just released its annual update to the FCC Form 499A . Telecommunications providers must use the 2016 Form 499A to report calendar year 2015 revenues for purposes of calculating…
In a Shift, FCC Shelves Prior Forfeiture Methodology For Failure to Pay Into USF and Other Federal Programs
Today, the Federal Communications Commission released a Policy Statement announcing a “treble damages” methodology to assess forfeitures for failure to make payment to a series of federal programs, a move which the…
FCC Denies Another E-Rate Appeal for Failure to Comply with Competitive Bidding Procedures
With the e-rate program pressing against its cap in funding, the FCC seems to be clamping down on its competitive bidding procedures. For the fifth time this month, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau denied a…
FCC Denies E-rate Appeal for Improper Service Provider Conduct in Competitive Bid
Shortly after I posted an entry noting the FCC's denial of e-rate appeals for competitive bidding violations, the Wireline Competition Bureau issued another decision along the same lines. In this case, however, the…