Rural Associations File Comments on ACS Call Signaling Waiver Petition

Today, WTA, NECA, NTCA and OPASTCO filed comments in a proceeding regarding the petition for waiver by the Alaska Communications Systems Group of the FCC’s newly-adopted call signaling rules with respect to certain SS7 network elements, multi-frequency signaling equipment, and IP traffic exchanges.  The rural associations “do not oppose grant of a waiver to ACS that is limited to circumstances identified in similar petitions filed by AT&T, CenturyLink, and Hawaiian Telcom, provided that such waiver is subject to the same limitations and conditions as those the Associations recommended…”