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First Annual Disability Access Recordkeeping Certification is due April 1st

March 20, 2013

All regulated providers of telecommunications services and telecommunications equipment manufacturers must provide the FCC with an annual recordkeeping certification demonstrating compliance with the Twenty-First Century

Proposed USF Contribution Factor for 2nd Quarter 2013 is 15.5%

March 13, 2013

The FCC recently announced that the proposed Federal Universal Service Fund (“USF”) contribution factor for the Second Quarter of 2013 will be 0.155 or 15.5%.

FCC Form 499–A due April 1st

March 7, 2013

The deadline for filing FCC Form 499-A, the annual Universal Service Fund (“USF”) reporting worksheet, is April 1st. All registered interstate telecommunications services providers (“ITSPs”)

FCC Releases New FCC Forms 499–A and 499–Q and Instructions

March 4, 2013

The Wireline Competition Bureau announced on March 1, 2013, the release of the annual Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet Form 499-A and instructions, to be used in

USAC Ignores Any Limitations Period in Requiring Five9 to Pay Decade Old USF Contributions

March 4, 2013

Five9, a provider of cloud-based communications and software services geared to call centers, has sought an emergency stay of enforcement and petitioned the Federal Communications

Quarterly FCC PIU Officer Certification (for Fourth Quarter) due by March 31st

March 1, 2013

The next-scheduled FCC PIU Certification must be filed no later than March 31st. This FCC Certification covers the Fourth Quarter of last year (October 1st

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