Somos Presses FCC to Act on Request for Clarity
Somos representatives met with officials from the FCC to press for action on its request for clarity on messaging rules. The numbering administrator asked the agency to rule (see 1612070022) that a messaging provider “may not text-enable a Toll-Free number…
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without seeking authorization from the Responsible Organization with assignment and routing authority for that Toll-Free number.” Officials from the Wireline and Wireless bureaus, and other parts of the agency attended, Somos said, including acting Wireline Chief Kris Monteith. Wireline can rule on delegated authority, the company suggested. “Somos's presentation and the ensuing discussion focused on two procedural issues,” said a filing in docket 95-155. “The first is whether the relief that Somos seeks can be granted through a declaratory ruling, rather than through a rulemaking, and the second is whether the Bureau can grant the relief on delegated authority. Somos explained why the answer to both questions is ‘yes.’”