Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)’s Post

The ACMA has opened a consultation on Australia’s telecommunications numbering plan and other instruments to ensure the rules remain fit for purpose in a changing telecommunications environment. Following the release of a discussion paper in June 2024 as well as other targeted consultations, the ACMA has now released a new draft Numbering Plan and draft Portability Suppliers Determination for public consultation. It proposes the Pre-selection Determination sunset on 1 April 2025. Key changes include: • the introduction of new number ranges for internet of things services • mobile numbers classified as their own number type • the removal of redundant or low use number types and ranges • the addition of a provision to cancel the enhanced rights of use for smartnumbers if the number is used for scam calls. Submissions close 12 February 2025. Read more and have your say: https://lnkd.in/gpQxn8M7

The First-tier Tribunal has provided further guidance on typical terms in dispute between site providers and operators during negotiation of Code agreements in the latest telecoms case. Read our Insight written with experts Leona Briggs and Siân Burns - https://lnkd.in/er4kpQDg #telecoms #electroniccommunicationscode #propertylitigation

Just a reminder: Service Providers, 3 days to file your 499-Q report. FCC rules require all telecommunications service providers to file the FCC Form 499-Q to report quarterly revenue data for your company. The Q2 2024 FCC Form 499-Q is used to report revenue data for the period of April 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024. The deadline to file the Q2 2024 FCC Form 499-Q is August 1, 2024.

Slowly but surely, the final reforms to FCC rules related to Team Telecom and national security reviews of transactions that the FCC adopted in 2020 - yes, 2020! - are becoming effective.

Every now and then, I like to ask what some may believe to be "far-out" questions. Here is another one. The telecom market has seen many small providers of VoIP service, generally on an Over-the-Top or OTT basis where calls are transmitted and received using a broadband connection provided by a third-party vendor. In some ways, they remind me of the many small providers of PBXs and key telephone systems that sprung up after the FCC opened the premises equipment market to competition but with many more features and capabilities than the old hardware vendors offered. At the same time, we see more and more federal and state regulation of VoIP services. Today's FCC meeting proposes more regulations concerning the Commission's robocall mitigation database. And along with the additional duties, the FCC is proposing a new base forfeiture amount for violations. So, here is my question. When will the costs of regulatory compliance and fines for non-compliance begin to overwhelm small providers such that many of them sell to larger companies or simply go out of business?

Ofcom has published a new version of the telecoms Code of Practice in respect of the Electronic Communications Code. In this article, our experts discuss what the Code is and the impact it could have on operators and site providers. Find out more: https://loom.ly/pzARIsM

https://lnkd.in/g_q6d9jw An insight into the future of telecoms regulation, not just in Australia but globally. Numbers are the new battlefield with large MNOs arguing for more restrictions and challenger telcos and CPaaS providers pointing to risk of a new bottleneck.

New #electroniccommunications Code of Practice. From Ofcom: “The new Code of Practice published today includes amendments to the 2017 Code of Practice, as well as the addition of new elements in line with updates to the Electronic Communications Code. A key new addition is the inclusion of text on the process for resolving disputes that may arise between Operators and Site Providers and specifically, best practice in relation to Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures. This text is intended to facilitate the effective resolution of disputes that arise and ensure telecommunications equipment is deployed as quickly and as smoothly as possible.” Links to Ofcom Statement and revised Code of Practice all attached

Welcome, to the new Electronic Communications Code of Practice which has been published by OFCOM today. While the new Code of Practice continues to serve as a non-binding guidance note for interactions between site providers and operators, the expanded scope now seems to incorporate Tribunal decisions since the enactment of the new Telecoms Code, giving the new Code of Practice a more relevant and up-to-date feel. Specifically (and in the main), the new Code of Practice provides helpful pointers on a recommended process for arranging and undertaking initial Multi-Skilled Visits (site inspections), negotiations surrounding upgrading and sharing rights, vacating and decommissioning sites and site provider costs to be borne by operators. Take a look below.