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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  05-  1992 
 OMB  GRANTS  EMERGENCY  APPROVAL  OF  NEW  VoIP  E911  RULES  ADOPTED  IN  IP-  ENABLED  SERVICES  FIRST  REPORT  AND  ORDER; 
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  IS  JULY  29,  2005 
 WC  DOCKET  NO.  04-  36 
 Effective  Date:  July  29,  2005 
 On  June  3,  2005,  the  Commission  released  the  First  Report  and  Order  in  WC  Docket.  No.  04-  36  (Order).  1  In  the  Order,  the  Commission  established  rules  requiring  providers  of  interconnected  VoIP 
 service  –  meaning  VoIP  service  that  allows  a  user  generally  to  receive  calls  originating  from  and  to  terminate  calls  to  the  PSTN  –  to  provide  E911  capabilities  to  their  customers  as  a  standard  feature  of  the 
 service,  rather  than  as  an  optional  enhancement.  A  summary  of  the  Order  was  published  in  the  Federal  Register  on  June  29,  2005,  establishing  the  effective  date  of  the  regulations  as  July  29,  2005.  2  As 
 discussed  in  the  Order,  the  effective  date  for  the  new  information  collection  requirements  was  subject  to  Office  of  Management  and  Budget  (OMB)  approval.  3  OMB  approval  was  granted  on  June  28,  2005.  4 


 Compliance.  Compliance  with  the  customer  notification  requirements  in  47  C.  F.  R.  §  9.5(  e)  is  required  by  July  29,  2005.  Compliance  with  all  other  requirements  is  not  required  until  November  28, 
 2005. 
 In  addition,  interconnected  VoIP  providers  must  file  a  compliance  letter  in  WC  Docket  No.  05-  196,  as  required  by  47  C.  F.  R.  §  9.5(  f),  no  later  than  November  28,  2005.  All  compliance  letters  must 
 reference  WC  Docket  No.  05-  196  and  should  be  labeled  clearly  on  the  first  page  as  “Compliance  Letter.”  The  compliance  letter  may  be  filed  using:  (1)  the  Commission’s  Electronic  Comment  Filing  System 


 1  IP-  Enabled  Services,  WC  Docket  No.  04-  36,  E911  Requirements  for  IP-  Enabled  Service  Providers,  WC  Docket 
 No.  05-  196,  First  Report  and  Order  and  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  FCC  05-  116  (rel.  June  3,  2005).  Together  with  the  Order,  the  Commission  adopted  the  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  WC  Docket  No.  05-  196  (NPRM). 


 In  the  NPRM,  the  Commission  sought  comment  on  what  additional  steps  it  should  take  to  ensure  that  providers  of  voice  over  Internet  Protocol  (VoIP)  services  that  interconnect  with  the  nation’s  public  switched  telephone  network 
 (PSTN)  provide  ubiquitous  and  reliable  enhanced  911  (E911)  service.  See  id.;  see  also  Comment  and  Reply  Comment  Dates  Established  for  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  in  the  Matter  of  E911  Requirements  for  IP-  Enabled 
 Service  Providers,  Public  Notice,  DA  05-  1905  (rel.  June  29,  2005).  2 
 70  Fed.  Reg.  37,  273  (June  29,  2005).  3 
 See  Order  at  para.  73.  4 
 The  Commission  also  will  announce  this  approval  by  notification  in  the  Federal  Register.  The  emergency  approval  will  expire  on  December  31,  2005.  Prior  to  that  date,  the  Commission  will  apply  for  an  additional  three-  year, 


 approval  from  OMB.  The  Commission  will  announce  that  approval  by  notification  in  the  Federal  Register. 
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