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Compliance notes

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2012

Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) must use the Electronic Tariff Filing System (ETFS) to file their initial base tariffs by tomorrow, January 17, 2012

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announcements

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2010

On December 23, 2010, the FCC released its "net neutrality" order

Developments in intercarrier compensation

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2010

On December 20, 2010, the Nebraska Public Service Commission granted several rural LECs an extension of time in which to answer AT&T Communications of the Midwest, Inc.’s complaint against them

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2010

On December 20, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the ruling of the federal district court in Seattle that T-Mobile's prepaid wireless refill cards and accompanying cellular service did not infringe Israel-based Aerotel's 1987 patent for its system for making prepaid telephone calls

Stimulus this week

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2010

The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Commerce (OIG) has announced an inquiry into a Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant issued by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to Motorola, Inc. for construction of a public safety broadband network in the San Francisco Bay Area

Compliance notes

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2010

On December 13, 2010, the FCC announced that the universal service contribution factor for the first quarter of 2011 will be 15..5

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developments

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2010

On December 21, 2010, the FTC's new chief technologist, Dr. Edward Felton, provided additional insight into the agency’s possible role in developing and enforcing an online “do-not-track” mechanism

Broadband news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2010

No resolution emerged in the Comcast-Level 3 dispute that has been ongoing since November

Telecom privacy news

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2010

Amid concerns about privacy breaches, the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) stated recently that it will begin work on a "comprehensive set of mobile privacy guidelines" to help marketers and phone users navigate the rapidly changing landscape

Legislative outlook

  • Arent Fox LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2010

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Cal., outgoing Chair of the House Commerce Committee, released a statement giving the FCC and Chairman Genachowski “enormous credit” for adopting the Open Internet Order