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FCC Form 499-Q (Due 2/1/06): Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet must be provided by all telecommunications providers whose annual contribution to the federal universal service support mechanism is expected to exceed $10,000 for the year. Form 499-Q is available at: www.universalservice.org/forms.

FCC Form 502 (Due 2/1/06): Numbering Resource Utilization/Forecast must be filed by carriers that receive numbering resources both from the numbering or pooling administrator and from another carrier, or that are rural carriers in some but not all areas. For more information, see www.nanpa.com. For forms and instructions, visit www.fcc.gov/formpage.html.

FCC CPNI Compliance Certificate (Due 2/6/06): Certificate and summary due from all wireless and wireline telecommunications carriers addressing protection of privacy of customer proprietary network information ("CPNI"). This is the first year the FCC has required this certificate and summary to be filed.  Contact us for more information or help with filing.

October 7, 2005 -  FCC Form 499Q is due November 1, 2005.  It must be completed and filed by all Universal Service Fund Contributors.  Forms and instructions can be found at http://www.universalservice.org/forms.  Feel free to contact us with any questions.    

September 23, 2005 - The FCC has released its much-anticipated Order creating a new [de-]regulatory framework for broadband Internet access services offered by wireline facilities-based providers.  Click here to access the entire Order.  Contact us if you have any questions or would like to discuss the Order. 

Firm News

Kris will be speaking at two conferences in October:

ISPCON Fall 2005 in Santa Clara, California on October 19th at 8:45 AM. Kris will lead a panel presentation titled, “The 10 Biggest Policy Issues Facing Your Business and What to Do About Them.” As currently planned, the panel will address the following ten issues:

1. BrandX Fall-out

2. DSL Transport Deregulation

3. Additional Unlicensed Wireless Spectrum

4. Municipal wireless debate/opportunities

5. VoIP

6. E911/CALEA

7. Access Charges/Virtual NXX

8. Content Restrictions

9. Privacy Issues

10. Telecom Act revisions/new legislation

For more information, please go to: http://www.ispcon.com/Fall2005/

WISPCON VIII in Dallas, Texas on October 10th and 11th.  Kris gave three presentations during the show. The first addressed the 4.9 GHz public safety band and opportunities for WISPs. The second described the new spectrum being cleared by the FCC for WISPs and the regulatory conditions for such use, and the third updated WISPs on the FCC’s requirements for E911 and CALEA as they relate to providing VoIP services. For more information on WISPCON VIII, please go to: http://www.wispcon.info/US/WISPCON-VIII/center.htm

Click on the links below to see the PowerPoint slides outlining the presentations on new spectrum and E911/CALEA:

WISPCON spectrum presentation

WISPCON E911 CALEA presentation

On May 25 at the ISPCON in Baltimore, Kris Twomey led a panel discussion entitled: "The 10 Biggest Policy Issues Facing your Business and What to do About Them Now." 

On Tuesday August 16 at the Wi-nog (Wireless Network Operators Group) Conference in Park City, Utah, Kris Twomey spoke and answered questions about regulatory and legal issues facing independent service providers.  A Power Point presentation outlining this talk is available on our "Publications" page, under "Other Publications."