- Integrating VoIP Services into Small Businesses
Voice over Internet Protocol offers a wide array of benefits, and small business leaders are beginning to get the message.
- FCC Enhances VoIP Demand
Washington— The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will eliminate one potential objection by consumers to residential voice over IP (VoIP) telephony by requiring service providers to offer Enhanced 911 (E911) calling to subscribers within 120 days of May 19. James Crowe, CEO, Level 3 Communications, a VoIP back-end provider, lauded the ......
- FCC to Study How to Treat VoIP Services
Washington— It's almost an iron law of modern telepolitics: Innovation attracts regulation. For a while, firms that helped people complete calls over the Internet could function like traditional phone companies, but with none of the regulatory migraines. That deregulatory bliss is coming to an end. Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael ......
- This Just In
FCC’s E911 Deadline Extended by 30 Days Washington — Cable operators and other providers of voice-over-Internet protocol phone service to customers will have until Sept. 28 to notify subscribers that E911 may not always work on the systems, the Federal Communications Commission said Friday. The commission said it decided to ......
- Another Duck That Can't Fly
Back in mid-2004, several state PUCs and legislators began trying to regulate then-new VOIP services, such as Vonage, AT&T's CallVantage and Packets. In particular, states such as Minnesota tried to subject VOIP to E-911 requirements, and to the same service quality oversight as the PSTN. However, not surprisingly, the biggest ......
- FCC Adds Time For VoIP E911 Compliance
Washington— For the second time, the Federal Communications Commission has extended the deadline for ensuring that voice-over-Internet protocol customers are aware of emergency-calling limitations. The FCC last Tuesday said it would give providers until Oct. 31 to achieve 100% compliance before the agency would consider enforcement action. In May, the ......
- New Universal Mandate
Washington— Cable operators that provide voice-over-Internet Protocol phone service will be required for the first time to pay into the federal program that helps maintain affordable phone service in rural America, called the Universal Service Fund, the Federal Communications Commission decided last Wednesday. Many cable companies with VoIP service have ......