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- FCC may propose charging for telephone numbers.
- WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission may propose charging carriers for telephone numbers. Also at its open meeting on Thursday, the FCC is expected to tell the wireless industry that in addition to being ready to convert to local WASHINGTON--The...
- Research articles 2000-12-04
- FCC to address number allocations, views clash. (News).
- WASHINGTON--There may be a split on the Federal Communications Commission as to whether states should have more say in the allocation of telephone numbers. FCC Commissioner Kevin J. Martin last week said they should, while FCC Commissioner Ka ...
- Research articles 2001-12-10
- Carriers fight against FCC proposal to charge for numbers.
- WASHINGTON--Telecommunications carriers, especially small rural wireless carriers, are fighting against a proposal from the Federal Communications Commission to charge for telephone numbers. WASHINGTON--Telecommunications carriers, especially small rural wireless carriers, are fighting against a proposal from the Federal Communications Commission to charge...
- Research articles 2001-02-26
- Numbering crisis averted, FCC says. (News).
- WASHINGTON--There are more telephone numbers available for end users than currently assigned, said the Federal Communications Commission. There are 480 million assigned telephone numbers while 625 million telephone numbers are waiting to be a WASHINGTON--There are more telephone...
- Research articles 2002-08-05
- The FCC last week mandated that phone customers be able to keep their telephone numbers if they switch service providers.(Brief Article)
- The FCC last week mandated that phone customers be able to keep their telephone numbers if they switch service providers. The commission's rule sets performance criteria for "number portability" technology and requires local exchange carrie The FCC last week mandated that phone customers be able to...
- Research articles 1996-07-01
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- FCC Designates Traffic Information Telephone Number
- The Federal Communications Commission FCC granted DOT a three-digit traveler information telephone number, which will be made available to the states and local jurisdictions across the country. The new number, 511, provides a simple means of access to traffic information collected through ITS. Once in place, the new number will...
- Research articles 2000-09-01
- Entricom and Integris Telco Announce Partnership to Provide Carriers World-Class Telephone Number Management
- Business/High Tech Editors SEATTLE--BUSINESS WIRE--June 21, 2001 Entricom and Integris Telco are the First to Offer a Number Management Solution That Enables Carriers to Cost Effectively Comply With State PUC Mandates and FCC Regulatory Reporting Requirements Such as the Upcoming August 1st NRUF Filing EntricomTM,...
- Research articles 2001-06-21
- What is a Toll Free Number
- The article states that toll-free numbers allow callers to reach businesses and/or individuals without being charged for the call. Toll-free service has proven successful for businesses, particularly in the areas of customer service and telemarketing. Toll-free service provides potential customers and others with a "free" and convenient way to contact...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Apple Responds To FCC Over App Store Policies
- Posted by: Peter Burrows on August 21 Apple just issues a press release, listing its reponses to the FCC's questions about its policies for the App Store. Of special interest to the Feds, as expected, is the supposed refusal to okay Google Voice. Read on for Apple's description of why...
- News items 2009-08-21
- Number Exhaust
- There's more muscle behind CLEC efforts to remedy the area-code-exhaust epidemic, which rapidly is spreading across the nation. The Washington-based Association for Local Telecommunications Services is prodding the FCC to yank number pooling out of the hands of state and local authorities and allocate telephone numbers to carriers in smaller...
- Research articles 1999-08-03
- FCC may allow number transfers
- Local-telephone companies should be required to let customers move their home numbers to a mobile phone in the same area code, U.S. Federal Communications Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy said. "If there are no technical problems, and if this is something that a customer wants, then I'm willing to...
- Research articles 2003-11-06
- PCIA To FCC: Give States More Numbers, Less Dialing
- The FCC's existing number-conservation measures aren't enough to convince the Personal Communications Industry Association that wireless telecom businesses won't be slowed by a dearth of telephone numbers in some markets. The PCIA, along with AT&T Wireless Services [AWE], Nextel Communications [NXTL], Verizon Wireless and VoiceStream Wireless [VSTR], last week...
- Research articles 2000-11-21
- The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Today Addressed Rural Telephone Carrier Challenges
- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in two closely related cases, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit DC Circuit reached contrary results in challenges to two orders of the Federal Communications Commission FCC that address the rules under which one telecommunications carrier must transfer or "port"...
- Research articles 2005-03-11
- Choice Nuggets From Appleâ??s Response to the FCCâ??s Inquiry Regarding the Rejection and Removal of Google Voice Apps From the App Store
- Apple's response is worth reading in its entirety; it is written in clear, plain language, and gives straight answers to nearly all questions. A few choice bits, though: Contrary to published reports, Apple has not rejected the Google Voice application, and continues to study it. That's interesting, but...
- News items 2009-08-21
- Entricom Solves Challenge of Number Resource Management with Release of entriNumber 1.0
- Business/High-Tech Editors SEATTLE--BUSINESS WIRE--March 28, 2001 The entriNumberTM Application Allows Telecommunication Carriers to Easily Manage Number Resources and Comply with FCC Mandated Number Resource Optimization and Number Portability EntricomTM, an innovative software company providing telecommunication carriers with world-class telephone number management software announced today the...
- Research articles 2001-03-28
- FCC approves new national "Call Before You Dig" number
- A new national telephone number, 811, has been approved by the Federal Communications Commission for both individuals and professional excavators to call before beginning a digging project, so that underground utility lines can be marked to prevent damage and possible injury. According to Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., once the...
- Research articles 2007-05-02
- FCC Primer on VoIP
- Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP, is a technology that allows you to make telephone calls using a broadband Internet connection instead of a regular or analog phone line. Some services using VoIP may only allow you to call other people using the same service, but others may allow you to...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- 511--America's traveler information number
- ON JULY 21, 2000, THE FCC ASSIGNED 511 AS THE NATIONWIDE TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR ITS TRAVELER INFORMATION. IN THIS FEATURE, THE AUTHORS DISCUSS THE ROLE OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN IMPLEMENTING 511 AS WELL AS THE ROLE OF THE 511 DEPLOYMENT COALITION. IN THE RUSH OF EVERYDAY LIFE, time...
- Research articles 2001-08-01
- FCC Moves Toward Universal 911.(Government Activity)
- WASHINGTON--Late last month, Virginia police succeeded in rescuing a kidnapped woman after she outwitted her captors and contacted emergency dispatchers by dialing 911 from her wireless phone. Wireless 911 calls increasingly play a central role in such rescues, but in some areas of the country, a...
- Research articles 2000-09-04
- Intrado Commends FCC VoIP 9-1-1 Decision; Commission VoIP 9-1-1 Decision Addresses Critical Need to Improve Public Safety
- LONGMONT, Colo. -- Intrado Inc. (NASDAQ: TRDO), a global provider of integrated data and telecommunications solutions, commends the Federal Communications Commission's ruling making E9-1-1 access mandatory for interconnected VoIP providers who offer fixed and nomadic services. This ruling requires VoIP providers to expeditiously develop a solution to deliver VoIP placed...
- Research articles 2005-05-19
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