The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) plans to fine PTT Phone Cards, Inc., a Philadelphia, PA prepaid calling company, $493,327 for allegedly providing international telecommunications services without FCC authority and disregarding virtually all of its regulatory…

On December 9, 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) began its review of the Federal Communications Commission’s (“FCC”) December 2012 Special Access Data Collection pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.  The…

On February 12th, President Obama issued an Executive Order (“Order”) initiating a number of Executive Branch actions to improve critical infrastructure cybersecurity.  Critical infrastructure is described in the Order as systems and assets so vital…

On October 16, 2012, the FCC’s Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau released a Public Notice seeking comment on a Petition for Declaratory Ruling addressing the applicability of the Communications Act and the FCC rules regarding…

You are cordially invited to join The CommLaw Group as we host a free, 30-minute webinar covering important developments related to CALEA enforcement.  Gain valuable insight from from the industry insiders and former law enforcement…

The FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau is seeking comment on a Petition for Declaratory Ruling filed by GCB Communications, Inc. d/b/a Pacific Communications and Lake Country Communications, Inc.  (collectively, “GCB”) regarding the FCC’s payphone compensation rules. …

On April 26, 2011, the Rural Independent Competitive Alliance (“RICA”) filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling (“Petition”) with the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) seeking a declaratory ruling confirming the lack of a binding…

The staff of the South Carolina Department of revenue recently issued a draft ruling concluding that 100% of a bundled service offering in South Carolina is subject to sales and use tax.  The ruling applies…

Late last year, the FCC ruled that states are not preempted from imposing USF contributions on the future intrastate revenues of nomadic interconnected VoIP providers.  The FCC made clear that the ruling was to have…