The FCC proposed to cut most regulatory fees about 2.84% in a rul...
The FCC proposed to cut most regulatory fees about 2.84% in a rulemaking made public Thurs. Cuts in individual license fees vary slightly, due to rounding and other factors; some, such as CMRS Messaging, do not change. A likely…
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issue of interest is a tentative conclusion that the FCC should levy regulatory fees on providers of interconnected VoIP. After deciding last year that VoIP operators should pay into the Universal Service Fund, the agency now tilts toward levying the fees on VoIP - and should, since it’s required to recover from telecom operators the cost of regulation. The FCC didn’t propose a specific fee for VoIP, but asked whether to levy the fees and to base them on revenue or phone numbers. The FCC said downward revisions are allowed because Congress required it recoup $290.3 million in regulatory fees this fiscal year, down from $298.8 million last year.