other · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2018-05-10 · Effective 2018-06-11 · 83 FR 21723
Document
Document number
2018-09969
Federal Register citation
83 FR 21723
CFR reference
47 CFR 64
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
2018-05-10
Effective date
2018-06-11
FCC docket
WC Docket No. 13-39
Abstract
In this document, the Commission reorients its existing rural call completion rules to better reflect strategies that have worked to reduce rural call completion problems while at the same time reducing the overall burden of its rules on providers. This Second Report and Order (Order) adopts a new rule requiring "covered providers"-- entities that select the initial long-distance route for a large number of lines--to monitor the performance of the "intermediate providers" to which they hand off calls. The Order also eliminates the call completion reporting requirement for covered providers that was established by the Commission in 2013.