United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2013_register executive 2013-04-30 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7fba026 D09002ee1c7fba0c8 United States Federal Communications Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Federal Communications Commission proposes to adopt rules requiring facilities-based originating long distance providers to record and retain data on call completion rates to rural areas, and to report this data to the Commission on a quarterly basis. We propose to reduce or eliminate a provider's retention and reporting obligations if that provider certifies that it qualifies for one of two proposed safe harbor provisions. We also propose to prohibit both originating and intermediate providers from causing audible ringing to be sent to the caller before the terminating provider has signaled that the called party is being alerted. These changes will allow the Commission to more effectively determine the causes of call completion problems to rural areas and take action to cure them, and will also prevent consumer confusion caused by the injection of false ringtones before the called party has been alerted. 78 FR 21891 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2013-04-12/2013-08527 2013-08527 fr12ap13-21 6712-01-P WC Docket No. 13-39 FCC 13-18 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2013-04-12/2013-08527 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-12/html/2013-08527.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-12/pdf/2013-08527.pdf Communications Common Carriers Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Telecommunications Telephone 14 p. 21891 21904 78 FR 21891 Title 47 Part 64 47 CFR Part 64 Rural Call Completion; Federal Register Vol. 78, Issue PRORULE 2013-08527 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 2013-05-13 WC Docket No. 13-39 FCC 13-18 6712-01-P 2013-08527 Notice of proposed rulemaking.

The Federal Communications Commission proposes to adopt rules requiring facilities-based originating long distance providers to record and retain data on call completion rates to rural areas, and to report this data to the Commission on a quarterly basis. We propose to reduce or eliminate a provider's retention and reporting obligations if that provider certifies that it qualifies for one of two proposed safe harbor provisions. We also propose to prohibit both originating and intermediate providers from causing audible ringing to be sent to the caller before the terminating provider has signaled that the called party is being alerted. These changes will allow the Commission to more effectively determine the causes of call completion problems to rural areas and take action to cure them, and will also prevent consumer confusion caused by the injection of false ringtones before the called party has been alerted.

Submit comments on or before May 13, 2013. Steven Rowings, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau, at (202) 418-1033 or by email at steven.rowings@fcc.gov. To submit Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) comments, send an email to PRA@fcc.gov. For further information concerning the Paperwork Reduction Act information collection requirements contained in this document, contact Judith B. Herman, 202- 418-0214. Communications Common Carriers Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Telecommunications Telephone Rural Call Completion , FCC504@fcc.gov Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov PRA@fcc.gov steven.rowings@fcc.gov http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/ Vol. 78, no. 71 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2013-04-12 continuing daily deposited born digital 344 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2013-04-12 P0b002ee18499a74b 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr12ap13 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2013-04-12 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-12/pdf/FR-2013-04-12.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-04-12/xml/FR-2013-04-12.xml fdlp 21817 22150 DGPO 2013-04-30 2024-06-03 FR-2013-04-12 machine generated eng FR FR-2013-04-12 78 71