FCC Releases NPRMs on Rural Call Completion, Slamming-Cramming Proposals
The FCC issued rural call completion and slamming-cramming rulemaking notices Friday that were unanimously adopted Thursday (see 1707130054). The rural call completion Further NPRM proposes to require covered providers of long-distance service to meet performance monitoring and accountability requirements, including…
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as they hand off calls to intermediate carriers. It proposed to either change or eliminate 2015 data-collection and reporting rules. The slamming and cramming NPRM proposes to bolster consumer protections against carriers making unauthorized changes to their preferred telecom providers or inserting unauthorized charges onto their phone bills.