Improving Outage Reporting for Submarine Cables and Enhanced Submarine Cable Outage Data
other · Federal Communications Commission · Published 2020-03-19 · Effective 2020-04-20 · 85 FR 15733
Document
Document number
2020-03397
Federal Register citation
85 FR 15733
CFR reference
47 CFR 4
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
2020-03-19
Effective date
2020-04-20
FCC docket
GN Docket No. 15-206
Abstract
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) modifies a requirement for submarine cable licensees to report outages to the Commission. This Order on Reconsideration addresses two petitions submitted and refocuses the reporting requirements to capture significant disruptions to submarine cable communications, including outages with national security implications.