The U.S. Court Of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has issued an opinion in Great Lakes Communication Corp v. FCC, upholding the FCC’s access stimulation rules.
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FCC Revises Intercarrier Compensation Charges For 8YY Toll Free Calls
The FCC has released a Report And Order which reforms certain intercarrier compensation charges for 8YY traffic.
May 2020 News Update
An update on news from May 2020
T-Mobile Files Motion To Dismiss Rural Carriers’ Call Completion Class Action Lawsuit
T-Mobile USA, Inc. has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed against it by Craigville Telephone Co. d and Consolidated Telephone Co. related to T-Mobile’s past violations of the FCC’s rural call completion rules. In general, T-Mobile argues every claim in the complaint should be dismissed because the “Plaintiffs have failed to plead a plausible theory of injury.”
Texas Federal Court Dismisses IXCs’ IntraMTA-Lawsuits Against ILECs
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas has dismissed over 35 multidistrict lawsuits brought by two interexchange carriers against hundreds of local exchange carriers concerning payments of access charges for intraMTA traffic.
FCC Offers Clarification To VoIP Symmetry Rule
The FCC has issued a clarification to the VoIP symmetry rule: the rule applies in a technology- and facilities-neutral manner, and it does not require, and has never required, an entity to use a specific technology or its own facilities in order for the service it provides to be considered the functional equivalent of end office switching.