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2010 Leg Reg Updates

2010 Legislative & Regulatory Updates
 

 
 

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April 2010  - This Issue Includes:

  • FCC Introduces National Broadband Plan with Fanfare!
  • FCC Introduces Broadband Tools
Universal Service in the News
  • Another Record Totally Smashed with USF Contribution Percentage
Wireless Issues
  • FCC Requests Comment on Wireless Repeater/Booster/DAS Issues
  • FCC Orders Clearing 700 Mhz Frequency; Includes Wireless Microphones
  • FCC Introduces “Beta” Version of Spectrum Dashboard
  • FCC Seeks Info on Wireless Early Termination Fees
  • IRS Backs-Away from Changing “Listed Property”…. Now Up to Congress
  • NANPA Announces New Area Code For New York City
  • FCC Toughens-Up “Robocalls” Rules
International News
  • New Country Added to NANP
  • Int’l Skype Traffic Jumps; Other Int’l Traffic Growth Slows
  • EU Rules on Wireless Internet Charges Now in Effect
Recently-Released FCC Reports
  • FCC Releases New Census Tract-Level Data on High-Speed Internet Services
  • FCC Releases New Telephone Subscribership Report
  • FCC Releases Telephone Numbering Utilization Report
  • FCC Survey—93 Million Americans Disconnected from Broadband Opportunities
  • FCC-SSRC Releases Report on BB Adoption in Low Income Communities
 

January 2010 - Newsflash!  - click here
  • FCC Seeks Extension of Broadband Plan Deadline 

January 2010 - This Issue Includes:
  • FCC’s National Broadband Plan Prep on Home Stretch 
  • White House Announces First Grant/Loan Awards for Broadband 
  • Legislation Would Allow FCC to Actually Talk to Each Other 

Universal Service in the News

  • FCC Announces Proposed Record 1st Q USF Contribution Factor 

USF Legislation

  • Reps. Boucher and Terry Release discussion draft for USF Reform 
  • Wireless Warning System Advances Toward Implementation 
  • Morgan Stanley Releases Massive Mobile Internet Report - (But Did They Err With Respect to Calculations on Network Capacity?) 

International News

  • EU Parliament Approves Telecom Reform 
  • EU’s Information Society Commissioner Reding to Move On 
  • Unintended Consequences/Price Increases for New Online Piracy Rules 
  • Canada Regulator Rules on Net Neutrality 
  • Finland Legislates Broadband as a “Legal Right” 
  • Telmex Ruled to be Dominant Provider in Mexico 

Recently-Released FCC Reports

  • FCC Semi-annual management Inspector General Audit Report 
  • FCC Releases New Telephone Subscribership Report 
  • FCC Report on Service Quality of Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (LEC) 
  • Fed/State USF Joint Board Staff Releases Monitoring Report 
  • Latest USF Eligible Services List 

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