A draft order on intercarrier compensation reform could appear th...
A draft order on intercarrier compensation reform could appear this month, telecom industry officials told us Thursday. Martin is expected to circulate it in three to four weeks, one official said. That timeframe “isn’t inconsistent with what I've heard,”…
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said Curt Stamp, president of the Independent Telephone & Telecommunications Alliance. The Wireline Bureau is “feverishly working” on the draft, which is a comprehensive reform package, Stamp said. The FCC doesn’t comment on procedural issues, said an agency spokeswoman. But Martin has said he'd like to overhaul intercarrier compensation by Nov. 5, she said. According to court mandate, the FCC at least must explain by that date the statutory basis for its ISP-bound traffic compensation rules (CD Aug 26 p2).