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Annual CPNI Certifications Due March 1
The FCC issued an Enforcement Advisory final week reminding telecommunications carriers and interconnected VoIP suppliers of their obligation to file their annual certification documenting compliance with the Buyer Proprietary Community Data guidelines (“CPNI”) by March 1, 2022. CPNI consists of delicate private details about clients, and the Fee’s guidelines search to make sure that CPNI is sufficiently shielded from unauthorized entry. Failure to adjust to the necessities might result in enforcement motion, together with financial forfeitures of as much as $220,213 for every violation or every day of a seamless violation, as much as a most of $2,202,123.
Rip-and-Change Functions Introduced
Final week, the Wireline Competitors Bureau launched a Public Discover saying the functions filed for the Safe and Trusted Communications Networks Reimbursement Program (the “Program”) (Vol. XVIII, Concern 32). The Bureau acquired 181 functions, of which 162 have been initially discovered acceptable for submitting. The gross price estimate demand for help from the $1.9 billion Program is almost $5.6 billion. The Bureau additionally prolonged the applying evaluation interval by an extra 45 days, shifting the deadline for appearing on the submitted functions to June 15, 2022.
Emergency Alert System Pleading Cycle
The FCC’s Discover of Proposed Rulemaking and Discover of Inquiry in search of touch upon methods to enhance the readability and accessibility of the visible message related to the nationwide exams of the Emergency Alert System (“EAS”) was printed within the Federal Register final week. The Fee proposes utilizing a predetermined script because the visible message for legacy EAS nationwide exams and revising related terminology to enhance readability. Feedback and reply feedback are due by March 11, 2022, and March 28, 2022, respectively.
Almost $126 Million in Emergency Connectivity Fund Dedicated
The FCC introduced it’s committing $125,962,023.72 within the newest spherical of the Emergency Connectivity Fund. This spherical of commitments will help 340 faculties, 20 libraires, and 6 consortia, that are permitted to obtain over 330,000 related units and over 39,000 broadband connections. The fund has dedicated over $4.5 billion because it was launched.
Gregory E. Kunkle, Casey Lide, Thomas B. Magee, Tracy P. Marshall, Kathleen Slattery Thompson, Sean A. Stokes and Wesley Ok. Wright contributed to this text.