Marking a major shift in digital accessibility regulation, by September 3, 2024, providers of real-time video conferencing services in the United States will need to be in compliance with the accessibility requirements of the...more
On July 18, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Report and Order at its July 2024 Open Commission Meeting intended to facilitate a nationwide transition to Next Generation 911 (NG911) emergency...more
On July 18, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a Report and Order (Order) to facilitate the transition from a traditional circuit-switched 911 system to an Internet Protocol (IP)-based system. An...more
The North American Numbering Council (NANC) will hold a meeting on December 12, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. ET in the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) meeting room....more
Over the last two years, federal and state agencies have significantly ramped up enforcement activities against companies and voice service providers allegedly responsible for the generation of illegal robocalls. That trend...more
Dear Clients and Friends, As a reminder, telecommunications carriers and interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers are obligated to file their annual certification documenting compliance with the Customer...more
The updated data breach notification rules broaden the definition of what is considered a breach and expand the scope of who must be notified when a data breach occurs. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or...more
The FCC has significantly expanded telecommunications carriers’ data breach notification and reporting obligations. Telecommunications carriers, including Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, and telecommunications...more
At the end of 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “the Commission”) adopted updates to its existing 16-year-old data breach notification rules (“prior rules”) designed to ensure that sensitive customer...more
The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) announced Thursday that in furtherance of the work of the agency’s Privacy and Data Protection Task Force, the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau signed Memoranda of Understanding (“MOU”)...more
The FCC adopted new rules and proposed additional rules to modernize and strengthen its requirements for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to obtain direct access to telephone numbers in order to reduce access to...more
On September 21, the FCC adopted rules that would strengthen and modernize the requirements that providers under the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) need to abide by to obtain direct access to telephone numbers. The rules...more
The FCC has released its annual Report and Order showing the regulatory fees due for the 2023 fiscal year. Fees must be paid by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Sept. 20. The FCC’s CORES payment module is accepting fee payments...more
Each month, Kelley Drye’s Communications Group offers this reminder of upcoming filing deadlines that may affect our clients and friends....more
A bipartisan coalition of Attorneys General (AGs) representing each state and Washington D.C. joined forces with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). They have announced their unified...more
Driven by the central role that video conferencing services took on for millions of people during the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to have today, on June 12, 2023 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission)...more
Each month, Kelley Drye’s Communications Group offers this reminder of upcoming filing deadlines that may affect our clients. The following are reminders for upcoming Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reports and...more
The Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") has released its long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("NPRM") proposing to revise data breach reporting requirements for telecommunications carriers and...more
The Federal Communications Commission has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to modernize the data breach reporting requirements for customer proprietary network information (CPNI), which apply to all...more
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking to update and strengthen its rules requiring telecommunications carriers and interconnected Voice over...more
On July 7, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) and the Attorney General of the State of Ohio (Ohio AG) announced a coordinated enforcement initiative that signals a major shift in how state and...more
Each month, Kelley Drye’s Communications Group offers this reminder of upcoming filing deadlines that may affect our clients. Please review the deadlines below and contact us if you have any questions...more
Key Wireless Deadlines - CISA Seeks Comment on its Zero Trust Maturity Model: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) requests comment on its draft Zero Trust Maturity Model. This draft publication is...more
Do you want a simple way to keep current on important privacy changes? Avoid sleepless nights wondering whether you missed a privacy speed bump or pothole between annual updates? Worry no longer. Troutman Pepper is pleased to...more
Please be reminded of the upcoming due dates for the Reports listed below: Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) Annual Compliance Certification - In accordance with section 64.2009(e) of the FCC’s rules,...more