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2021 has been a tough year for the FCC. The agency has been stuck in neutral with four commissioners because President Biden has never nominated a third Democrat or, for that matter, a new chairman.
On August 24, 2021, in a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (NAL), the FCC proposed a $5.1 million fine against John M. Burkman, Jacob Alexander Wohl, and J.M. Burkman & Associates LLC (Associates) for making
In a 2016 Third Report and Order, (Order) in Docket 11-42, the FCC decided that after December 1, 2021, there would no longer be any Lifeline support for voice-only services
The Senate recently approved the Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which if passed by the House of Representatives would allocate $65 billion to achieve the goal of universal broadband access.
On August 5, 2021, the FCC initiated a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in Docket 03-123 to update the compensation methodology for Internet Protocol Relay Service (IP Relay). According to the Commission,
The quarterly contribution factor for the Universal Service Fund (USF) is getting out of hand. Just three years ago it was 17.9 percent. Today it is 31.8 percent
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.