Partisan Politics Strike the FCC

The same anti-Trump, anti-Republican fervor that has defined Democrats since the last presidential election seems to be increasingly infecting the Federal Communications Commission and its Chairman, Ajit Pai. A recent…

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As USAC Announces Cuts in HCLS and CAF BLS Support, Pai Responds

USAC recently announced that application of the FCC’s budget control mechanism would reduce USF support for small Rate-of-Return RLECS by 15.52% over the course of the next year. “As required…

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Pai Defends Restoring Internet Freedom Order, Again

The FCC Chairman, in a letter to Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo), defended once again the Commission’s recent order to restore light touch regulation to the Internet. Senator Bennet had asked…

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A Couple of Good Things

At least two promising events occurred during our short hiatus from publishing our ICORE Blog. First, the Ninth Circuit Court granted a motion to transfer the proceeding covering multiple petitions…

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ICORE Readies for iconectiv as LNP Administrator

We have long provided numbering and coding functions, including Administrative Operating Company Number (AOCN) and Local Number Portability (LNP) services to a number of telecommunications carriers. Don Snyder, with many…

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