National security emergency preparedness (NS/EP) considerations ’...
National security emergency preparedness (NS/EP) considerations “provide a compelling rationale for applying a certain amount of regulation to IP-enabled services,” the Defense Dept. (DoD) said in late comments filed with the FCC. It said that for both traditional telephone…
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and IP-enabled services, “similar technical assets for lawful monitoring functions, and some form of administrative notice prior to significant foreign transactions being finalized, would be in the public interest.” The DoD urged the Commission to ensure that priority treatment was provided for packet-switched NS/EP voice and data in a crisis. It said in the evolving IP-enabled environment “both legacy voice telecommunications services and newly introduced information services must be utilized” to meet NS/EP telecom requirements. The DoD said any regulation of IP-based networks and services “must preserve existing NS/EP telecommunications capabilities and allow for enhanced or evolving services as well.” It noted the National Communications System (NCS) was working with the industry to assure NS/EP communications during crisis. But it said “if these voluntary and contractual arrangements are insufficient to achieve assured NS/EP IP-enabled communications services, the DoD would request the FCC consider imposing regulatory constraints on all providers of IP-enabled services.”