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Proposed USF Contribution Factor for 4th Quarter 2013 is 15.6%

September 12, 2013

The FCC recently announced that the proposed Federal Universal Service Fund (“USF”) contribution factor for the Fourth Quarter of 2013 will be 0.156 or 15.6%.

European Commissioner Presses Ahead With Plans to Unify Telecoms Regulation Throughout Europe

September 12, 2013

The European Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, has finally pushed through her plans for a single market for telecoms, after the measures were launched on Wednesday by

The Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (“CVAA”) Compliance Deadline is October 8th, 2013

September 10, 2013

The compliance deadline for demonstrating compliance with the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (“CVAA”) is October 8th, 2013. All regulated providers

Affiliate Nexus Tax Adopted By Three More States

September 6, 2013

Since May of 2013, Minnesota, Maine, and Missouri have each passed state legislation instituting an affiliate nexus tax on out-of-state retailers doing business inside their

Telecommunications Industry Seeking to Relax Privacy Standards

September 4, 2013

Telecommunications giants such as Comcast and Verizon are lobbying Washington to change privacy rules to allow the sale of potentially sensitive information of customers by

Federal Trade Commission Warns That Companies Holding Large Amounts of Data Must Ensure Consumer Privacy

September 3, 2013

Speaking at the Technology Policy Institute’s annual conference, Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez warned companies housing large amounts of data that the FTC

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