📡FCC Telecommunications Regulation Changes and Business Impact
Sunshine Act; Deletion of Item From August 07, 2025 Open Meeting
Summary
The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry that would initiate the annual assessment of whether advanced telecommunications capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion, as required by section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. 6..................... Public Safety and TITLE: Resilient Networks Homeland Security. (PS Docket No. 21-346); Amendments to Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications (PS Docket No. 15-80); New Part 4 of the Commission's Rules Concerning Disruptions to Communications (ET Docket No. 04-35). SUMMARY: The Commission will consider a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to reduce the reporting burdens on communication service providers during disasters through the modernization of DIRS. The Commission will also consider an accompanying Order on Reconsideration that clarifies the situations in which outage reporting requirements are suspended during DIRS activations. 7..................... Wireline Competition. TITLE: Price Cap Business Data Services (WC Docket No. 21-17); Regulation of Business Data Services for Rate-of- Return Local Exchange Carriers (WC Docket No. 17-144).
Agencies
- Federal Communications Commission
Business Impact
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The FCC's proposed changes to telecommunications regulations, specifically the elimination of rate regulation for legacy data services, could significantly affect business data service pricing and market competitiveness. This impacts decision-making for communications providers and shifts financial obligations associated with tariffing.