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Intercarrier Compensation

NTCA CEO Bloomfield’s Call to Arms

Shirley Bloomfield tells rural operators to stop being so polite and work together to create some angst at the FCC about its proposed rule making. ...More
March 14, 2012 By Tim McElligott
Posted in Articles
TI's Bernabe Has It Right, AT&T Is Close

Charging over-the-top providers and developers is a model that has been a long time coming. Its time is now, before it's too late. ...More
February 28, 2012 By Tim McElligott
Posted in Blog, Billing
NARUC Appeals FCC Order on Universal Service, Intercarrier Compensation

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners is asking a court to find that the FCC's order is arbitrary and capricious, beyond the FCC's jurisdiction, authority or power, an abuse of discretion and otherwise not in accordance with law. ...More
January 20, 2012
Posted in News
Sprint, MetroPCS Among Carriers That Ask FCC to Reconsider Universal Service Order

Some other organizations that have filed petitions for reconsideration include the United States Telecom Association and Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance. ...More
January 13, 2012 By Josh Long
Posted in News
FCC Releases Massive Order on Telecom Reform

The FCC released the gargantuan order after voting unanimously last month to create the $4.5 billion Connect America Fund that the agency anticipates will expand broadband access to more than 7 million rural U.S. residents over the next six years. ...More
November 22, 2011 By Josh Long
Posted in News
FCC Creates $4.5B Broadband Fund in Major Telecom Overhaul

The FCC has voted to modernize the multibillion-dollar fund that subsidizes telecommunications services and reform the convoluted and inequitable system by which telephone companies pay one another to connect calls. ...More
October 27, 2011 By Josh Long
Posted in News
FCC Chairman Outlines Plan to Reform Antiquated Communications Fund, Compensation Regime

Julius Genachowski wants to transition to the Universal Service Fund to a so-called Connect America Fund that would ultimately bring broadband to 18 million homes without high-speed Internet access today and deploy a mobile broadband network to roughly 100,000 road miles. ...More
October 6, 2011 By Josh Long
Posted in News
Getting Intercarrier Compensation Right – At Long Last

The current ICC rules are based on a voice-dominant model of the world that long ago sank beneath the rapidly shifting sands of history. ...More
September 15, 2011 By Larry Lannon
Posted in Blog, Billing
Making Margins a Longer Conversation

Margin management is easy when you know your costs and your processes are practically perfect, and that’s the point. ...More
August 2, 2011 By Tim McElligott
Posted in Blog, Revenue Management
Unresolved Intercarrier Compensation Issues A Drag On Competition

Despite decades of tinkering meant to improve the intercarrier compensation process, a lack of clarity, a lack of vision, and a lack of authoritative ownership have combined with continuously evolving technology to create a system that may be beyond fixing. ...More
July 11, 2011
Posted in Reports, Billing