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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
A summer of reversals has calmed the crisis over toll-free telephone numbers. As recently as June, the supply of toll-free 800 telephone numbers appeared headed for a meltdown this fall, and the telecommunications industry was rushing ahead with a so A summer of reversals has calmed...
FCC issues declaratory ruling regarding dialing wireless numbers. Almost all federal laws governing the credit and collection industry grant authority to various federal agencies to impose additional rules and regulations implementing such laws. These agencies also have the authority to interpret their own rules and regulations. A...
US National Telecom Yi Wan Group (PINKSHEETS: YIWA) reports that it has entered negotiations to purchase a majority ofthe shares of Dash911 Solutions, Inc., a privately held Delawarecorporation. Formed in 2005, Dash911 Solutions, Inc. was one of the firstproviders of E911 emergency calling services for VoIP telecom providers.Terms of the...
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: David Fish of Verizon, +1-202-515-2514,david.m.fish@verizon.com WASHINGTON, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The USF By The NumbersCoalition Monday (May 14) sponsored a forum in Washington, D.C., todiscuss reform of the way money is collected to fund UniversalService. The change would replace the current system based oninterstate revenues...
Few technological innovations in the history of mankind have become so ubiquitous so quickly as has the wireless telephone. According to the Cellular Telecommunication Industry Association's annual survey, in 1986 there were only 500,000 total wireless subscribers in the United States. By 2006, that number grew to more than 219...
The number of US broadband subscriptions rose 33% in 2005, to 50.2 million lines, according to a report from the Federal Communications Commission. For the first time, new DSL lines from the telcos outpaced the cable TV broadband connections. DSL added 5.7 million lines during 2005,...
The future direction of the universal service fund USF sparked fireworks again last week as a new carrier coalition started a public campaign to support the use of telephone numbers instead of long-distance revenues as the exclusive or primary basis of the program's contributions. Several...
Wireless News04-01-2006Vonage Hits 1 Million Subscriber Lines for E911WIRELESS NEWS-April 1, 2006-Vonage Hits 1 Million Subscriber Lines for E911 C2006 10Meters - http://www.10meters.com Vonage America, a subsidiary of Vonage Holdings Corp., a provider of Internet telephony service, announced that more than one million subscriber lines now have Enhanced 911...
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Telematics providers have come out against FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's numbers-based approach to financing the universal-service fund . Those providers noted that because telematics is not connected to the public-switched telephone network Martin's plan would significantly add...
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER CTIA is changing its USF tune and siding with FCC Chairman Kevin Martin in his battle to change the way universal service is paid for. Martin-and now CTIA-wants to base universal service funds on telephone numbers, instead...
New Global Telecom, Golden. Colo., has announced availability of SafeCall E911 service, an FCC-compliant E911 capability supporting the company's 6DegreesIP Voice-over-IP VoIP product suite. 6DegreesIP is a wholesale-hosted VoIP product suite for CLECs, ISPs, and Tier 1 and 2 service providers focused on business or residential markets. SafeCall...
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Another deadline for offering enhanced 911 services has come and gone. This time, however, the Voice over Internet Protocol industry is the market begging for relief. In June, the Federal Communications Commission...
As the Nov. 28 deadline approaches for Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP services to provide 911 capabilities and with the ruling being challenged in the courts, the Federal Communications Commission hopes to clear the air on several industry ponderables with a series of guidelines on compliance for...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-8 November 2005-FCC ruling for E911 service for VoIP subscribersC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The Federal Communications Commission FCC, a communications regulator, has ruled that Internet telephone providers do not have to disconnect existing US subscribers without enhanced 911 emergency service (E911). The FCC rules introduced...
On June 9, the Federal Communications Commission FCC reaffirmed the timetable it had announced in August 2003 for the development and sale of digital wireless telephones that are compatible with hearing aids. The new FCC order came in response to several petitions filed by the cell...
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