CCMI Press & News

No matter how hard the FCC tries to stop access stimulation and remove the arbitrage in the 8YY market it is clear abuse will continue until all switched access charges are moved to bill-and-keep.

In its upcoming meeting on August 5, 2021, the FCC is poised to introduce a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in Docket 13-97 in which it intends to modify its rules to better ensure that VoIP

On June 18, 2021, a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans rejected a challenge of the FCC’s Order in Docket 18-89 barring the use of U.S. telecommunications companies

On July 9, 2021, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a consolidated challenge to the FCC’s 2019 Access Stimulation Order (Order) in Docket 18-155.

The FCC is busy meeting the Congressional requirement that all voice service providers must implement STIR/SHAKEN in their networks within 18 months of the law’s enactment.

In a big win for ISPs, a Judge from the Eastern District of New York filed a temporary injunction stopping New York state’s Broadband Affordability Act (“Act”) from taking effect.

There were two unrelated events this week that may significantly affect the future of Internet regulation.  The first involves a letter sent from 50 consumer advocacy groups seeking President Biden to appoint a fifth FCC commissioner.

The ILECs begin making their Annual Access Filings (AAFs) next week with an effective date of July 1, and this year’s big event is full of unusual occurrences.

In the last few years Congress and the FCC have increasingly become cognizant of the dangers of hostile foreign countries using the telecommunications networks of companies

The FCC just released a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in Docket 17-97 in which it seeks industry comments on a proposal to move the mandatory due date