Comments are due Aug. 13, replies Aug. 30 on Hughes Network Systems' request for more time to comply with its tribal engagement obligations as a recipient of Connect America Fund Phase II support through New York's New NY Broadband Program, said an FCC docket 10-90 public notice in Thursday's Daily Digest.
USTelecom, AT&T, Frontier, Lumen and Verizon asked the FCC to use session initiation protocol return code 603 to notify callers about blocked calls, said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 17-59. The code is “the only way providers can implement a return code in the short term,” they said. If the commission does mandate SIP code 603, “leave some flexibility for appropriate response codes that are still in development through the industry standard bodies.” They asked Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau staff to confirm call blocking notifications should be based on analytics programs (see 2106150062).
The FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau wants comment by Aug. 26, replies Sept. 10, in docket 03-123 on Tive’s application for certification to provide video relay service supported by the Telecom Relay Service Fund, said a public notice Tuesday.
The FCC order lowering interim interstate rate caps for inmate calling services is effective Oct. 26, says Wednesday’s Federal Register (see 2105240055). Information collection requirements are “delayed indefinitely.” Delegation of authority to the Wireline Bureau, Office of Economics and Analytics, and Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, and the commission’s denial of Global Tel*Link’s petition for reconsideration on the jurisdictional nature of a call, are effective Wednesday. Comments on the Further NPRM are due Aug. 27, replies Sept. 27, in docket 12–375.
An FCC webinar on the Emergency Connectivity Fund will be held Aug. 3 at 2 p.m. EDT, said a Wireline Bureau public notice Monday. The ECF initial application filing window closes Aug. 13 at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
ATN International and Freedom 3 Capital closed on their acquisition of Alaska Communications Systems Group in an all-cash transaction valued at about $343 million, they said Thursday.
ClearCaptions asked FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau staff to clarify that rules for video messages apply to voicemails captioned by IP captioned telephone service providers, said a filing posted Friday in docket 03-123. The IP CTS provider said it “plans to offer a VoIP service” allowing users to access voicemails from a mobile application and desk phone. ClearCaptions backed an IP CTS rate freeze (see 2105270058).
The FCC Wireline Bureau wants comment by Aug. 23, replies by Sept. 7, on Edison Electric Institute's petition for declaratory ruling on pole attachment rate disputes, said a public notice Friday on docket 17-84 (see 2106110050). EEI asked the commission to declare that refunds aren’t “appropriate” for any period “preceding good-faith notice of a dispute.”
Eligible equipment or services bought by Emergency Connectivity Fund recipients during the initial application filing window must be received or delivered by June 30, said an FCC Wireline Bureau public notice Thursday.
The FTC "fails to state a claim for false or misleading advertising relating to internet speed," Frontier Communications said (in Pacer) Tuesday, asking the U.S. District Court for Central California to dismiss the agency and six states' claim that the ISP misrepresented its DSL speeds to customers (see 2105190052). "None of the plaintiffs can plausibly allege specific jurisdiction over defendants in California." The FTC declined to comment Wednesday.