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FCC Adopts Report and Order Facilitating Transition to Next Generation 911

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On July 18, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Report and Order at its July 2024 Open Commission Meeting intended to facilitate a nationwide transition to Next Generation 911 (NG911) emergency...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

FCC CPNI Certification and Privacy Rules Update

Dear Clients and Friends, As a reminder, telecommunications carriers and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers are obligated to file their annual certification documenting compliance with the Customer...more

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FCC Updates and Expands Data Breach Notification Rules

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The updated data breach notification rules broaden the definition of what is considered a breach and expand the scope of who must be notified when a data breach occurs. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or...more

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FCC Expands Data Breach Notification Requirements

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The FCC has significantly expanded telecommunications carriers’ data breach notification and reporting obligations. Telecommunications carriers, including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, and telecommunications...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

FCC Adopts Data Breach Notification Rules for Telecommunications Providers

At the end of 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “the Commission”) adopted updates to its existing 16-year-old data breach notification rules (“prior rules”) designed to ensure that sensitive customer...more

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FCC Partners With States to Increase on Privacy and Data Protection Investigations, Signaling Increased Focus on Future...

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced Thursday that in furtherance of the work of the agency’s Privacy and Data Protection Task Force, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau signed Memoranda of Understanding (“MOU”)...more

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FCC Beefs Up Robocall Guardrails for VoIP Number Access

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The FCC adopted new rules and proposed additional rules to modernize and strengthen its requirements for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to obtain direct access to telephone numbers in order to reduce access to...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FCC updates rules to curb robocallers

On September 21, the FCC adopted rules that would strengthen and modernize the requirements that providers under the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) need to abide by to obtain direct access to telephone numbers. The rules...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Licensees and Telecom/Video Service Providers Must File and Pay FCC Regulatory Fees by Sept. 20

The FCC has released its annual Report and Order showing the regulatory fees due for the 2023 fiscal year. Fees must be paid by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Sept. 20. The FCC’s CORES payment module is accepting fee payments...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – August and September Filings

Each month, Kelley Drye’s Communications Group offers this reminder of upcoming filing deadlines that may affect our clients and friends....more

Troutman Pepper

Bipartisan Coalition Targets Billion-Dollar Illegal Telemarketing Industry

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A bipartisan coalition of Attorneys General (AGs) representing each state and Washington D.C. joined forces with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). They have announced their unified...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – March/April Filings

Each month, Kelley Drye’s Communications Group offers this reminder of upcoming filing deadlines that may affect our clients. The following are reminders for upcoming Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reports and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

FCC Proposes New Rules for CPNI Data Breach Reporting

The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") has released its long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") proposing to revise data breach reporting requirements for telecommunications carriers and...more

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FCC Proposes Updated Data Breach Notification Requirements

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The Federal Communications Commission has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to modernize the data breach reporting requirements for customer proprietary network information (CPNI), which apply to all...more

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FCC seeks to impose new carrier data breach notification rules

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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to update and strengthen its rules requiring telecommunications carriers and interconnected Voice over...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Reminder: Federal Communications Commission - March Filings

Each month, Kelley Drye’s Communications Group offers this reminder of upcoming filing deadlines that may affect our clients. Please review the deadlines below and contact us if you have any questions...more

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Wireless Roundup (October 2021)

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Key Wireless Deadlines - CISA Seeks Comment on its Zero Trust Maturity Model: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) requests comment on its draft Zero Trust Maturity Model. This draft publication is...more

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Reminder: Federal Communications Commission – March Filings

Please be reminded of the upcoming due dates for the Reports listed below: Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) Annual Compliance Certification - In accordance with section 64.2009(e) of the FCC’s rules,...more

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Reminder: Federal Communications Commission - November Filings

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Please be reminded of the upcoming due dates for the Reports listed below: Form 499-Q: Quarterly Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet - Providers of interstate and international telecommunications, including, but not...more

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Deadline Approaching for Next Phase of E911 Rules for Hotels and Offices

Jan. 6, 2021, is the deadline to begin automatically sending location information along with 911 calls made from fixed phone lines in hotels, apartment complexes, offices or other businesses locations. ...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC Previews a Jam-Packed July Open Meeting with National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, Call Blocking, and Supply Chain Items...

The FCC is moving full steam ahead this summer with a jam-packed agenda for its next open meeting, scheduled for July 16, 2020. Headlining the meeting is the creation of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, establishing...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

FCC/FTC Stake out Aggressive Robocall Position, Tell Gateway VoIP Providers to Block COVID-19 Robocalls – or Be Blocked Themselves

The FTC and FCC have taken a number of actions to stem unlawful robocalls generally and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to stem harmful and deceptive calls that seek to exploit the COVID-19 crisis. Even amid the backdrop of...more

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FTC and FCC Take Joint Action to Stop COVID-19 Scam Robocalls

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On April 3, 2020 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) announced that they had issued Warning Letters to VoIP providers: SIPJoin, Connexum and VoIP Terminator d/b/a BLMarketing....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Reminder: FCC Accessibility Recordkeeping Certification Required by April 1, 2020

On February 12, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a Public Notice to service providers and equipment manufacturers as a reminder to maintain records on compliance efforts to make their technology...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

TRS Fund Contributors to Pay on Intrastate Revenues to Support IP Captioned Telephone Service

At its November Open Meeting, the FCC approved a Report and Order (“Order”) that expands the contribution base for IP captioned telephone service (“CTS”), supported by the telecommunications relay service (“TRS”) Fund, to...more

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