The Regulatory Mix, TMI’s daily blog of regulatory activities, is a snapshot of PUC, FCC, legislative, and occasionally court, issues that our regulatory monitoring team uncovers each day. Depending on their significance, some items may be the subject of a TMI Regulatory Bulletin.
TELECOM
FCC
The FCC announced the dates for filing comments and reply comments in its proceeding considering new rules and policies to preserve competition when a legacy service is discontinued. See our 11/21/14 Blog “FCC To Consider Rules For The IP Transition”. TMI Regulatory Bulletin Service subscribers see Bulletin dated 12/22/14.Comments are due February 5, 2015; reply comments are due March 9, 2015.
Indiana
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission announced it will hold a public Evidentiary Hearing on February 10, 2015 in connection with its proceeding considering options for area code relief in the 317 numbering plan area (NPA). The industry is recommending adoption of an all services distributed overlay. TMI Regulatory Bulletin Service subscribers see Bulletin dated 8/5/14. The hearing will start at 9:30 AM local time in the IURC Conference Center, Suite 220, Judicial Courtroom 222 of the PNC Center, 101 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
