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continue to use the average cost per
minute compensation methodology for
the traditional TRS compensation rate;
(b) required TRS providers to submit
certain projected TRS-related cost and
demand data to the TRS Fund
administrator to be used to calculate the
rate; and
(c) directed the TRS Fund
administrator to expand its form for
providers to itemize their actual and
projected costs and demand data, to
include specific sections to capture
speech-to-speech (STS) and video relay
service (VRS) costs and minutes of use.
In 2003, the Commission released the
2003 Second Improved TRS Order,
published at 68 FR 50973, August 25,
2003, which among other things
required that TRS providers offer certain
local exchange carrier (LEC)-based
improved services and features where
technologically feasible, including a
speed dialing requirement which may
entail voluntary recordkeeping for TRS
providers to maintain a list of telephone
numbers. See also 47 CFR
64.604(a)(3)(vi)(B). In 2007, the
Commission released the Section 225/
255 VoIP Report and Order, published
at 72 FR 43546, August 6, 2007,
extending the disability access
requirements that apply to
telecommunications service providers
and equipment manufacturers under 47
U.S.C. 225, 255 to interconnected voice
over internet protocol (VoIP) service
providers and equipment
manufacturers. As a result, under rules
implementing section 225 of the Act,
interconnected VoIP service providers
are required to publicize information
about telecommunications relay services
(TRS) and 711 abbreviated dialing
access to TRS. See also 47 CFR
64.604(c)(3).
In 2007, the Commission also released
the 2007 Cost Recovery Report and
Order and Declaratory Ruling,
published at 73 FR 3197, January 17,
2008, in which the Commission:
(a) Adopted a new cost recovery
methodology for interstate traditional
TRS and interstate STS based on the
Multi-state Average Rate Structure
(MARS) plan, under which interstate
TRS compensation rates are determined
by weighted average of the states’
intrastate compensation rates, and
which includes for STS additional
compensation approved by the
Commission for STS outreach;
(b) requires STS providers to file a
report annually with the TRS Fund
administrator and the Commission on
their specific outreach efforts directly
attributable to the additional
compensation approved by the
Commission for STS outreach.
(c) adopted a new cost recovery
methodology for interstate captioned
telephone service (CTS), as well as
internet Protocol captioned telephone
service (IP CTS), based on the MARS
plan;
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(d) adopted a cost recovery
methodology for internet Protocol (IP)
Relay based on price caps;
(e) adopted a cost recovery
methodology for VRS that adopted
tiered rates based on call volume;
(f) clarified the nature and extent that
certain categories of costs are
compensable from the Fund; and
(g) addressed certain issues
concerning the management and
oversight of the Fund, including
prohibiting financial incentives offered
to consumers to make relay calls.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
Open Commission Meeting, Thursday,
June 7, 2018
May 31, 2018.
The Federal Communications
Commission will hold an Open Meeting
on the subjects listed below on
Thursday, June 7, 2018. Please note the
meeting is scheduled to commence at
11:30 a.m. in Room TW–C305, at 445
12th Street SW, Washington, DC. This is
a change from the usual 10:30 a.m.
Open Meeting start time.
Bureau
Subject
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WIRELESS TELE-COMMUNICATIONS,
INTERNATIONAL AND OFFICE OF
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY.
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WIRELINE COMPETITION ......................
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INTERNATIONAL .....................................
Title: Use of Spectrum Bands Above 24 GHz For Mobile Radio Services (GN
Docket No. 14–177); Amendment of Parts 1, 22, 24, 27, 74, 80, 90, 95, and 101
To Establish Uniform License Renewal, Discontinuance of Operation, and Geographic Partitioning and Spectrum Disaggregation Rules and Policies for Certain
Wireless Radio Services (WT Docket No. 10–112).
Summary: The Commission will consider a Third Report and Order, Memorandum
Opinion and Order, and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would
continue efforts to make available millimeter wave spectrum, in bands at or
above 24 GHz, for fifth-generation wireless, Internet of Things, and other advanced spectrum-based services. It would finalize rules for certain of these
bands and seek comment on making additional spectrum available in the 26
GHz and 42 GHz bands for flexible terrestrial wireless use, sharing mechanisms
in the Lower 37 GHz band, and earth station siting criteria for the 50 GHz band.
Title: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment (WC Docket No. 17–84).
Summary: The Commission will consider a Second Report and Order that will revise the Commission’s section 214(a) discontinuance processes, network
change disclosure processes, and Part 68 customer notification process to remove barriers to infrastructure investment and promote broadband deployment.
Title: Petition of NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association and the United States
Telecom Association for Forbearance Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 160(c) from Application of Contribution Obligations on Broadband Internet Access Transmission
Services (WC Docket No. 17–206).
Summary: The Commission will consider an Order granting forbearance from applying Universal Service Fund contribution requirements to rural carriers’
broadband Internet access transmission services.
Title: Audacy Corporation Application for Authority to Launch and Operate a NonGeostationary Medium Earth Orbit Satellite System in the Fixed-and Inter-Satellite Services (IBFS File No. SAT–LOA–20161115–00117).
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WIRELINE COMPETITION ......................
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WIRELINE COMPETITION ......................
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WIRELINE COMPETITION ......................
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CONSUMER & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
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CONSUMER & GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
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MEDIA ......................................................
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ENFORCEMENT ......................................
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The meeting site is fully accessible to
people using wheelchairs or other
mobility aids. Sign language
interpreters, open captioning, and
assistive listening devices will be
provided on site. Other reasonable
accommodations for people with
disabilities are available upon request.
In your request, include a description of
the accommodation you will need and
a way we can contact you if we need
more information. Last minute requests
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Summary: The Commission will consider an Order and Authorization that recommends granting Audacy’s request to construct, deploy, and operate a proposed non-geostationary satellite (NGSO) constellation to provide continuous,
high-speed, low-latency relay services to other NGSO spacecraft operators
through Audacy’s proposed satellites and gateway earth stations.
Title: O3b Limited Request for Modification of U.S. Market Access for O3b
Limited’s Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit System in the Fixed-Satellite Service
and in the Mobile-Satellite Service (IBFS File Nos. SAT–MOD–20160624–
00060, SAT–AMD–20161115–00116, SAT–AMD–20170301–00026, SAT–AMD–
20171109–00154).
Summary: The Commission will consider an Order and Declaratory Ruling that recommends granting a request to modify O3b’s existing U.S. market access grant
by adding new non-geostationary satellites and new frequency bands in order to
provide broadband communication services in the United States.
Title: Updating the Intercarrier Compensation Regime to Eliminate Access Arbitrage (WC Docket No. 18–155).
Summary: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that
proposes measures to eliminate access arbitrage in the intercarrier compensation regime.
Title: 8YY Access Charge Reform (WC Docket No. 18–156).
Summary: The Commission will consider a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
that proposes taking further steps in reforming intercarrier compensation by
transitioning interstate and intrastate originating 8YY end office and tandem
switching and transport charges to bill-and-keep and capping and limiting 8YY
database query rates.
Title: Text-Enabled Toll-Free Numbers (WC Docket No. 18–28); Toll Free Service
Access Codes (CC Docket No. 95–155).
Summary: The Commission will consider a Declaratory Ruling and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will clarify the Commission’s rules regarding the authorization required to text-enable a toll-free number, and propose further safeguards to promote the innovative use of toll- free numbers while protecting the
integrity of the toll-free numbering system.
Title: Protecting Consumers from Unauthorized Carrier Changes and Related Unauthorized Charges (CG Docket No. 17–169).
Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order to protect consumers
from slamming (the unauthorized change of a consumer’s telephone provider)
and cramming (the placement of unauthorized charges on a consumer’s telephone bill), including rules to address sales call misrepresentations and abuses
of the third-party verification procedures.
Title: Misuse of Internet Protocol (IP) Captioned Telephone Service (CG Docket
No. 13–24); Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities (CG Docket No. 03–
123).
Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling,
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Notice of Inquiry to adopt measures, and seek comment on others, to ensure that Internet Protocol Captioned
Telephone Service (IP CTS) remains sustainable for people with hearing loss
who need it.
Title: Leased Commercial Access (MB Docket No. 07–42); Modernization of Media
Regulation Initiative (MB Docket No. 17–105).
Summary: The Commission will consider a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
that tentatively concludes that the Commission should vacate its 2008 Leased
Access Order, and invites comment on ways to modernize the existing leased
access rules.
Title: Enforcement Bureau Action.
Summary: The Commission will consider an enforcement action.
will be accepted, but may be impossible
to fill. Send an email to: fcc504@fcc.gov
or call the Consumer & Governmental
Affairs Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice),
202–418–0432 (TTY).
Additional information concerning
this meeting may be obtained from the
Office of Media Relations, (202) 418–
0500; TTY 1–888–835–5322. Audio/
Video coverage of the meeting will be
broadcast live with open captioning
over the internet from the FCC Live web
page at www.fcc.gov/live.
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For a fee this meeting can be viewed
live over George Mason University’s
Capitol Connection. The Capitol
Connection also will carry the meeting
live via the internet. To purchase these
services, call (703) 993–3100 or go to
www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Open Commission Meeting, Thursday, June 7, 2018
May 31, 2018.
The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on
the subjects listed below on Thursday, June 7, 2018. Please note the
meeting is scheduled to commence at 11:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at 445
12th Street SW, Washington, DC. This is a change from the usual 10:30
a.m. Open Meeting start time.
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Item No. Bureau Subject
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1...................... WIRELESS TELE- Title: Use of Spectrum
COMMUNICATIONS, Bands Above 24 GHz For
INTERNATIONAL AND Mobile Radio Services
OFFICE OF (GN Docket No. 14-177);
ENGINEERING & Amendment of Parts 1,
TECHNOLOGY. 22, 24, 27, 74, 80, 90,
95, and 101 To Establish
Uniform License Renewal,
Discontinuance of
Operation, and
Geographic Partitioning
and Spectrum
Disaggregation Rules and
Policies for Certain
Wireless Radio Services
(WT Docket No. 10-112).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Third
Report and Order,
Memorandum Opinion and
Order, and Third Further
Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking that would
continue efforts to make
available millimeter
wave spectrum, in bands
at or above 24 GHz, for
fifth-generation
wireless, Internet of
Things, and other
advanced spectrum-based
services. It would
finalize rules for
certain of these bands
and seek comment on
making additional
spectrum available in
the 26 GHz and 42 GHz
bands for flexible
terrestrial wireless
use, sharing mechanisms
in the Lower 37 GHz
band, and earth station
siting criteria for the
50 GHz band.
2...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION Title: Accelerating
Wireline Broadband
Deployment by Removing
Barriers to
Infrastructure
Investment (WC Docket
No. 17-84).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Second
Report and Order that
will revise the
Commission's section
214(a) discontinuance
processes, network
change disclosure
processes, and Part 68
customer notification
process to remove
barriers to
infrastructure
investment and promote
broadband deployment.
3...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION Title: Petition of NTCA--
The Rural Broadband
Association and the
United States Telecom
Association for
Forbearance Pursuant to
47 U.S.C. Sec. 160(c)
from Application of
Contribution Obligations
on Broadband Internet
Access Transmission
Services (WC Docket No.
17-206).
Summary: The Commission
will consider an Order
granting forbearance
from applying Universal
Service Fund
contribution
requirements to rural
carriers' broadband
Internet access
transmission services.
4...................... INTERNATIONAL....... Title: Audacy Corporation
Application for
Authority to Launch and
Operate a Non-
Geostationary Medium
Earth Orbit Satellite
System in the Fixed-and
Inter-Satellite Services
(IBFS File No. SAT-LOA-
20161115-00117).
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Summary: The Commission
will consider an Order
and Authorization that
recommends granting
Audacy's request to
construct, deploy, and
operate a proposed non-
geostationary satellite
(NGSO) constellation to
provide continuous, high-
speed, low-latency relay
services to other NGSO
spacecraft operators
through Audacy's
proposed satellites and
gateway earth stations.
5...................... INTERNATIONAL....... Title: O3b Limited
Request for Modification
of U.S. Market Access
for O3b Limited's Non-
Geostationary Satellite
Orbit System in the
Fixed-Satellite Service
and in the Mobile-
Satellite Service (IBFS
File Nos. SAT-MOD-
20160624-00060, SAT-AMD-
20161115-00116, SAT-AMD-
20170301-00026, SAT-AMD-
20171109-00154).
Summary: The Commission
will consider an Order
and Declaratory Ruling
that recommends granting
a request to modify
O3b's existing U.S.
market access grant by
adding new non-
geostationary satellites
and new frequency bands
in order to provide
broadband communication
services in the United
States.
6...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION Title: Updating the
Intercarrier
Compensation Regime to
Eliminate Access
Arbitrage (WC Docket No.
18-155).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking
that proposes measures
to eliminate access
arbitrage in the
intercarrier
compensation regime.
7...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION Title: 8YY Access Charge
Reform (WC Docket No. 18-
156).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Further
Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking that proposes
taking further steps in
reforming intercarrier
compensation by
transitioning interstate
and intrastate
originating 8YY end
office and tandem
switching and transport
charges to bill-and-keep
and capping and limiting
8YY database query
rates.
8...................... WIRELINE COMPETITION Title: Text-Enabled Toll-
Free Numbers (WC Docket
No. 18-28); Toll Free
Service Access Codes (CC
Docket No. 95-155).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a
Declaratory Ruling and
Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking that will
clarify the Commission's
rules regarding the
authorization required
to text-enable a toll-
free number, and propose
further safeguards to
promote the innovative
use of toll- free
numbers while protecting
the integrity of the
toll-free numbering
system.
9...................... CONSUMER & Title: Protecting
GOVERNMENTAL Consumers from
AFFAIRS. Unauthorized Carrier
Changes and Related
Unauthorized Charges (CG
Docket No. 17-169).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order to protect
consumers from slamming
(the unauthorized change
of a consumer's
telephone provider) and
cramming (the placement
of unauthorized charges
on a consumer's
telephone bill),
including rules to
address sales call
misrepresentations and
abuses of the third-
party verification
procedures.
10..................... CONSUMER & Title: Misuse of Internet
GOVERNMENTAL Protocol (IP) Captioned
AFFAIRS. Telephone Service (CG
Docket No. 13-24);
Telecommunications Relay
Services and Speech-to-
Speech Services for
Individuals with Hearing
and Speech Disabilities
(CG Docket No. 03-123).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Report
and Order, Declaratory
Ruling, Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking,
and Notice of Inquiry to
adopt measures, and seek
comment on others, to
ensure that Internet
Protocol Captioned
Telephone Service (IP
CTS) remains sustainable
for people with hearing
loss who need it.
11..................... MEDIA............... Title: Leased Commercial
Access (MB Docket No. 07-
42); Modernization of
Media Regulation
Initiative (MB Docket
No. 17-105).
Summary: The Commission
will consider a Further
Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking that
tentatively concludes
that the Commission
should vacate its 2008
Leased Access Order, and
invites comment on ways
to modernize the
existing leased access
rules.
12..................... ENFORCEMENT......... Title: Enforcement Bureau
Action.
Summary: The Commission
will consider an
enforcement action.
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The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or
other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, and
assistive listening devices will be provided on site. Other reasonable
accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.
In your request, include a description of the accommodation you will
need and a way we can contact you if we need more information. Last
minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Send
an email to: [email protected] or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs
Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
Additional information concerning this meeting may be obtained from
the Office of Media Relations, (202) 418-0500; TTY 1-888-835-5322.
Audio/Video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open
captioning over the internet from the FCC Live web page at www.fcc.gov/live.
For a fee this meeting can be viewed live over George Mason
University's Capitol Connection. The Capitol Connection also will carry
the meeting live via the internet. To purchase these services, call
(703) 993-3100 or go to www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu.
Federal Communications Commission.
Marlene Dortch,
Secretary.
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