August 8, 2002
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In This Issue:
- ATIS, IPDR.org Join to Map IPDR, EMI Billing Records in Support of VoIP, Streaming Media
- U.S. Courts, FCC's Review of UNEs Create Confusion, Controversy
- SMS Boundaries Are Vanishing
- WorldCom Fallout: ILECs Seek Protection
- FCC’S Online “Fee Filer” Available for Fees and Data
ATIS, IPDR.org
Join to Map IPDR, EMI Billing Records in Support of VoIP, Streaming Media
Telecommunications companies can expect easier and more profitable billing for next-generation services based on last week’s agreement between the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and the IPDR Organization, according to a joint statement. The agreement formalizes a collaborative effort to map, or connect, Internet Protocol Detail Records (IPDR) to the ATIS-sponsored Ordering and Billing Forum (OBF) Exchange Message Interface (EMI) records. [More]. [Top of Page]
U.S. Courts,
FCC's Review of UNEs Create Confusion, Controversy
Are parts of incumbent networks available to competitors or not? That's the question still lingering throughout the industry as the FCC's continues its triennial review, initiated last December, of its policies on unbundled network elements (UNEs), and seeks rehearing of a recent D.C. Circuit decision overturning its UNE rules. [More] [Top of Page]
Within months of launching intercarrier SMS services, AT&T Wireless saw a 50 percent increase in SMS traffic. VoiceStream, Cingular and Verizon Wireless posted similar escalating numbers. This SMS growth represents overwhelming evidence of Metcalfe's Law-that a network's value, or usefulness, increases exponentially with the number of people and devices that use the network. [source: Billing World, more] [Top of Page]
WorldCom
Fallout: ILECs Seek Protection
Even as WorldCom attempts to calm its customers and keep them from churning, it’s facing panic on the wholesale side, and its access partners are keeping a careful eye on how the bankruptcy court’s actions might affects their ability to collect their access and UNE charges. Both the United States Telecom Association and Verizon have asked the Federal Communications Commission to take steps to insulate other carriers from WorldCom’s fiancial instability. [source: America’s Network, more] [Top of Page]
FCC’S Online
“Fee Filer” Available for Filing of Fees and Data
The
FCC is again providing its “Fee Filer” online system for the
submission of regulatory fees and related data. Fee Filer will be available
during the fiscal year 2002 regulatory fee filing period, from August
5 until September 25, 2002.
Fee Filer assists filers in submitting remittance advice information and
paying FY 2002 Regulatory Fees, and is available to any FCC client with
Internet access using Netscape Navigator 4.05 or higher or Microsoft Internet
Explorer 4.01 or higher version browser with SSL and JavaScript enabled.
Payments received after 11:59 p.m. ET on September 25, 2002 will be assessed a 25 percent late payment fee. Certain changes for FY 2002 have been made for regulatory Fee Filers, with more information at the FCC’s Web site. [more] [Top of Page]
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