AT&T Updates Its Plans to Terminate Current ILEC-to-ILEC Traffic Agreements
On June 30, AT&T updated its notice to carriers concerning its termination of traffic exchange agreements and the cessation of reciprocal compensation and switched access payments (see JSI’s June 2, 2020, e-Lert on the original [...]
FCC Releases Updated RDOF Eligible Areas
JSI Offers Updated Maps, Bidding Model Late last week, the FCC released a Public Notice with an updated list of eligible areas for the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) Auction 904. We encourage all [...]
Permanently Disconnected Telephone Number Aging and Data Collection Requirements Begin July 27
Beginning July 27, wireline, wireless and interconnected VoIP providers must age permanently disconnected numbers 45 days before reassigning numbers to new subscribers and maintain records of the dates when numbers are permanently disconnected. These [...]
JSI To File Comments in Telephone Access Charge Proceeding
Clients Encouraged to Provide Input In April, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to eliminate the ability of telecom carriers to separately list “telephone access charges” on customers’ bills. These [...]
Reminder: CIC Reports Due July 31
Carriers must submit their semi-annual Carrier Identification Code (CIC) Entity Access and Usage reports covering the period from January 1 through June 30, 2020, to the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA) CIC Administrator by July [...]
Reminder: CLECs Must De-Tariff BDS Service By August 1
Competitive LECs (CLECs) operating in competitive areas are required to de-tariff their Business Data Services (BDS), also known as special access, prior to August 1, 2020. JSI recommends that CLECs ensure that all BDS [...]
LECs Win IntraMTA Dispute Appeal
On May 27, 2020, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the local exchange carriers (LECs) in the Sprint and Verizon intraMTA disputes appeal. This judgement upheld the lower court’s [...]
AT&T to Terminate Current ILEC-to-ILEC Traffic Agreements
AT&T has announced that as of June 30, 2020, it intends to terminate all existing Extended Access Service (EAS) and Traffic Termination Agreements (TTA) and will initiate negotiations to enter a new single agreement [...]