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…
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…
The FCC, on March 23rd, issued a Report and Order, Third Order on Reconsideration, and NPRM concerning high cost USF support for RoR carriers. Publication in the Federal Register on…
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…
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…
While the deceases are not major, NECA’s proposed 2017 Interim Modification of Average Schedules and 2018 Further Modification of Average Schedules represent a further reduction in settlements for some of…
To almost everyone and every entity, or so it seems. Just recently FCC Chairman Ajit Pai responded to: Congressional letters from a number of Democrats urging the Commission to delay…
