RULES: Commercial mobile radio service—; Public safety personnel; priority access service,
Published: 2000-08-08
In this document, the Commission allows commercial mobile
radio service to offer Priority Access Service (PAS) to public safety
personnel at the Federal, State and local levels to help meet the
national security and emergency preparedness (NSEP) needs of the
Nation. Additionally, the Commission adopts rules to implement its
decision. Specifically,
RULES: Truth-in-billing and billing format; common sense principles; correction,
Published: 2000-06-09
On October 18, 1999 (64 FR 56177), the Commission published a
document correcting a final rule that was published on June 25, 1999
(64 FR 34488). This document corrects the subpart for that rule.
PROPOSED RULES: Carrier identification codes; “soft slamming” and carrier identification problems arising from shared use, and resellers requirement to obtain own codes,
Published: 2000-06-09
This document extends the comments and reply comments due
dates of a document published at 65 FR 33281 (May 23, 2000). The Common
Carrier Bureau published a document soliciting comments on proposals in
this proceeding to require resellers to obtain their own carrier
identification codes.
RULES: Truth-in-billing and billing format; principles and guidelines; Correction,
Published: 2000-07-26
On July 13, 2000 (65 FR 43251), the Commission published a
document summarizing its order on reconsideration in the Truthin
Billing and Billing Format proceeding. In the order, the Commission
granted, in part, petitions for reconsideration of the requirements
that telephone bills highlight new service providers and prominently
display inquiry
RULES: Individuals with hearing and speach disabilities; Telecommunications relay services and speech-to-speech services,
Published: 2000-06-21
This document amends Commission rules governing the delivery
of telecommunications relay services to expand the kinds of relay
services available to consumers and to improve the quality of relay
service. The Commission amended its rules to better conform to the
statutory mandate that TRS must be ``functionally equivalent'' to voice
PROPOSED RULES: Individuals with hearing and speech disabilities; telecommunications relay services and speech-to-speech services,
Published: 2000-06-21
On March 6, 2000, the Commission released a Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) regarding telecommunications relay services
(TRS). In the FNPRM, the Commission asks for comment on how to further
improve TRS to ensure that TRS remains ``functionally equivalent'' to
voice telecommunications service as telecommunications capabilities
change
RULES: Truth-in-billing and billing format; principles and guidelines,
Published: 2000-07-13
In this document concerning Truth-in Billing and Billing
Format, we grant, in part, petitions for reconsideration of the
requirements that telephone bills highlight new service providers and
prominently display inquiry contact numbers. We deny all other
petitions seeking reconsideration, but provide clarification with
respect to certain issues. We
RULES: Telecommunications relay services; 711 dialing for nationwide access,
Published: 2000-09-11
The Federal Communications Commission (the Commission) amends
its regulations to require that all providers of telephone service in
the United States provide tollfree access to telecommunications relay
services (TRS) via the abbreviated dialing code 711. The Commission
takes this action to further a mandate of the Americans with
Disabilities Act
RULES: Truth-in-billing and billing format—; Principles and guidelines; effective date,
Published: 2000-08-28
This document announces the effective date of the amendments
to rules regarding TruthinBilling and Billing Format to ensure that
telephone bills contain information necessary for consumers to
determine the validity of charges assessed on the bills and to combat
telecommunications fraud. Some of the rules contained information
collection
PROPOSED RULES: Carrier identification codes; “soft slamming” and carrier identification problems arising from shared use, and resellers requirement to obtain own codes,
Published: 2000-05-23
In a Further Notice in this proceeding released on December
23, 1998, the Commission sought comment on three proposals to address
``soft slamming'' and carrier identification problems arising from the
shared use of carrier identification codes (CICs) by facilitiesbased
carriers and switchless resellers of their services. The first
