It’s that time of year again! (Well, again after a one-year hiatus, that is.) Time for our annual reminder that the annual customer proprietary network information (CPNI) certifications are due by March 1 for most (but not necessarily all) telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers. CPNI includes a variety of sensitive customer data such as, … Continue Reading
An Enhanced Version of CPNI — But Will the New Administration “Undo” The New Rules? Attentive readers of this Blog know that in October, the FCC adopted new rules primarily designed to enhance the privacy and data security requirements imposed on providers of Broadband Internet Access Service (“BIAS”). Some of the new rules have been … Continue Reading
A Hotly Contested Proceeding Expands the Commission’s Regulatory Authority, But Will Likely End Up in Court After a massive Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, extensive and contentious advocacy from all sides, and public revision of its own proposals, the FCC has just approved an Order enacting rules that impose a wide range of new regulations on Internet … Continue Reading
Massive proposal would impose new limits, obligations on ISP use of private/proprietary customer data. Continuing its advance into the realm of privacy regulation, the FCC has proposed extensive rules that, if adopted, would impose a wide range of new regulations on Internet service providers (ISPs) in their provision of broadband Internet access service (BIAS). According … Continue Reading
It’s that time of year again – time for our annual reminder to most (but not necessarily all) telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers that your CPNI certifications are due by March 1, 2016. As described by the Enforcement Bureau, CPNI – Customer Proprietary Network Information to the uninitiated – includes “some of the most … Continue Reading
Attention, all you telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers! Your annual reports certifying compliance with the CPNI rules are due by March 2, 2015.… Continue Reading
Attention, all you telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers! Your annual reports certifying compliance with the CPNI rules are due by March 3, 2014.… Continue Reading
Attention, all you telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers! Your annual reports certifying compliance with the Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) rules are due by March 1, 2013.… Continue Reading
Heads up, all you telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers! Your annual reports certifying compliance with the Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) rules are due by March 1, 2012.… Continue Reading
Heads up, all you telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers! Your annual reports certifying compliance with the Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) rules are due by March 1, 2011.… Continue Reading
It's that time of year again - time to file annual Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) certifications with the Commission. All you telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP providers should be sure to mark your calendars -- March 1 is the deadline.… Continue Reading
The Commission has lowered the boom on telecommunications carriers who apparently didn't file their Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) certifications when they were supposed to last March. A Notice of Apparent Liability assesses $20,000 fines against each of the 600 of the non-filing carriers.… Continue Reading
The D.C. Circuit has upheld the Commission's 2007 Order relating to the necessary mechanism for obtaining customer approval for release of CPNI. That mechanism imposes greater burdens on carriers than had been the case prior to 2007.… Continue Reading
If you're a telecommunications carrier (and FYI - we're not just talking about POTS and cellular here - think VoIP operators, satellite operators, international resellers and others as well), don't forget that your annual CPNI certifications are due between January 1 and March 1.… Continue Reading
