One of the most conservative industries in our country, devoted to their membership more than most can comprehend, the overriding wave to have "better" broadband is making this industry re-invent itself. Some states holding complicated laws in place on how a REC can conduct itself in the "broadband" space; others...
FCC Chairperson, with the changing of the Guard!?
FCC Chair? With the new President elected, who will step up and be President-Elect Biden's selection? Who are the top candidates at this time? As we write this, Jessica Rosenworcel (Senior Democratic member) and Geoffrey Starks (Democratic Commissioner) are the top two candidates. Rosenworcel has had a good relationship with...
Recent RDOF (Rural Digital Opportunity Fund) winners
1. Of the proposed $16B in awards available, FCC ended up awarding around $9.2B for Phase 1, the rest for Phase 2 needs. Out of 386 candidates, only 180 were selected winners. ILECS/RECs/Wireless Providers/Tier 1 & 2s won approximately 85% of the RDOF reverse auction funds; some of the other...
Trump Signs Robocall Bill
President Trump signed the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act into law on December 30, 2019. The bill requires carriers to offer call-authentication technology to everyone at no additional charge and gives the FCC the ability to step up enforcement actions against unlawful robocalls with a longer statute...
House Passes Robo Call Bill
The House passed the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act on December 4, 2019. The bill, among other things, requires: Carriers to offer call-authentication technology to everyone at no additional charge;Opt-in or opt-out robocall blocking be offered at no additional charge to consumers;Gives the FCC the ability to step up enforcement actions against...
State attorneys general joining fight against illegal robocalls
Attorneys general from every state have joined the fight against the growing scourge of robocalling. Attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia on August 22 announced an agreement with a dozen telecommunications companies to deploy technologies to battle robocalls. The companies include AT&T, Bandwidth, CenturyLink, Charter,...
FCC ADOPTS RULES TO ALLOW PHONE COMPANIES TO PROACTIVELY BLOCK ILLEGAL ROBOCALLS New Rules
News – CMSI is excited that this ruling has taken place because the NAMS Firefly suite of proactive fraud solutions can help eliminate a lot of the fraud that is happening on phone companies’ network. Call for a demo today and see how easy it is to take care of your...
Surviving with SS7/AMA
B/OSS Billing World Magazine B/OSS Chief Editor Tim McElligott interviews CMSI executive staff and publishes an article in the B/OSS Billing World telecom magazine entitled “Surviving with SS7/AMA”.