Telco Associations File Comments on FCC’s Proposed ICC Reform Compliance and Monitoring Form

On February 4th, NECA, WTA, NTCA, OPASTCO, ITTA and USTelecom filed joint comments in response to the FCC’s Public Notice requesting comments on a proposal to collect data on an annual basis from ILECs that participate in the CAF intercarrier compensation recovery mechanism. The associations wrote that they “support the Commission’s efforts to monitor compliance with rules governing the CAF ICC recovery mechanism but suggest the [Wireline] Bureau review the data it already receives from industry in the annual ILEC tariff filings and accompanying Tariff Review Plans (“TRPs”), and consider carefully whether the additional type of data and level of detail requested in the Form are needed to fulfill the Commission’s purposes.”