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Issue Alerts - 2008
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 | 07-18-2008
Red Flag Rules
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has established Red Flag Rules, which are designed to prevent identity theft. Companies, including telecommunications carriers, must establish programs by November 1, 2008, that provide for the identification, detection, and response to patterns, practices, or specific activities – known as “red flags” – that could indicate identity theft. | | Download PDF | File Size: 66 kb | |
|  | | 05-06-2008
FCC CETC Interim USF Cap Order
On May 1, the Commission issued on a 3-2 party line vote an Order that adopts, with limited modifications, last year’s Joint Board recommendation to “rein in the explosive growth” in high-cost universal service support for competitive eligible telecommunications carriers (ETCs). | | Download PDF | File Size: 68 kb | |
| | | 04-01-2008
FCC DTV Consumer Education Order - Effective Date
As discussed in Issue Alert #08-05, the FCC released an Order on March 3 requiring certain entities, including all eligible telecommunications carriers (“ETCs”) with Lifeline/Link-Up customers, to provide digital television (“DTV”) transition information. | | Download PDF | File Size: 65 KB | |
| | | 03-11-2008
FCC DTV Consumer Education Order
On March 3, 2008, the FCC released an Order requiring certain entities - television broadcasters, Multi-Channel Video Programming Distributors, retailers, manufacturers, and 700 MHz auction winners - to promote awareness of the conversion to digital television (“DTV”). | | Download PDF | File Size: 67 kb | |
| | | 03-11-2008
Urgent Participation Needed - LNP Administration Working Group Conference Call
There will be a conference call tomorrow morning - March 12 - at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) during which the Local Number Portability Administration Working Group (LNPA WG) will vote on a provision that threatens to require local exchange carriers to pay for transporting calls beyond the local carrier’s network. | | Download PDF | File Size: 78 kb | |
| | | 02-22-2008
FCC LNP Rules Published In The Federal Register
The FCC’s 10/31/2007 local number portability (LNP) Order was published in the Federal Register today. The effective date of the Order is March 24. | | Download PDF | File Size: 63 kb | |
| | | 02-06-2008
FCC Extension of LNP Port Validation Requirements
Yesterday, the FCC waived until July 31, 2008, the deadline to comply with its November 8, 2007, declaratory ruling that the validation process for local number portability (LNP) requests should be
based on no more than four fields. | | Download PDF | File Size: 54 kb | |
| | | 02-04-2008
FCC USF Notices of Proposed Rulemaking
On January 29, 2008, the FCC released three Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) related to federal USF. | | Download PDF | File Size: 65 kb | |
| | | 01-14-2008
Slamming – New FCC Third Party Verification Ruling
On January 9, 2008, the FCC released an Order in which it reached the following conclusions concerning third party verification of a customer’s intent to switch carriers. | | Download PDF | File Size: 65 kb | |
| | | 01-02-2008
FCC LEC-to-LEC Data Exchange Decision
On December 21, 2007, the FCC released an Order in which it declined to adopt mandatory LEC-to-LEC data exchange requirements. | | Download PDF | File Size: 71 kb | |
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