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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-  2945 
 Released:  November  7,  2005 


 Enforcement  Bureau  Outlines  Requirements  of  November  28,  2005  Interconnected  Voice  Over  Internet  Protocol  911  Compliance  Letters 
 WC  Docket  No.  04-  36  WC  Docket  No.  05-  196 


 In  this  Public  Notice,  the  Enforcement  Bureau  (Bureau)  sets  forth  the  specific  information  that  interconnected  voice  over  Internet  Protocol  (VoIP)  service  providers  1  must  include  in  the  Compliance 
 Letters  required  by  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (Commission)  in  its  June  3,  2005  order  establishing  enhanced  911  requirements  for  IP-  enabled  service  providers.  2  Compliance  Letters  must  be 
 filed  with  the  Commission  on  or  before  November  28,  2005.  3  Although  the  Bureau  has  released  prior  public  notices  addressing  the  Commission’s  subscriber  notification  and  acknowledgement  requirements,  4 
 this  Notice  addresses  only  the  Compliance  Letter  requirements. 
 In  addition,  the  Bureau  takes  this  opportunity  to  commend  the  steps  undertaken  by  AT&  T  Corp.  (AT&  T),  MCI,  Inc.  (MCI)  and  Verizon  Communications,  Inc.  (Verizon)  to  comply  with  the 


 1  “Interconnected  VoIP  service”  means  an  interconnected  voice  over  Internet  Protocol  service  that:  (1)  enables  real-time, 
 two-  way  voice  communications;  (2)  requires  a  broadband  connection  from  the  user’s  location;  (3)  requires  Internet  protocol-  compatible  customer  premises  equipment  (CPE);  and  (4)  permits  users  generally  to  receive  calls 


 that  originate  on  the  public  switched  telephone  network  and  to  terminate  calls  to  the  public  switched  telephone  network.  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  9.3. 


 2  IP-  Enabled  Services  and  911  Requirements  for  IP-  Enabled  Service  Providers,  First  Report  and  Order  and  Notice 
 of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  20  FCC  Rcd  10245,  10273,  ¶  50  (2005)  (VoIP  911  Order);  47  C.  F.  R.  §  9.5(  f). 
 3  47  C.  F.  R.  §  9.5(  f). 


 4  See  Public  Notice,  Enforcement  Bureau  Provides  Guidance  to  Interconnected  Voice  Over  Internet  Protocol 
 Service  Providers  Concerning  the  July  29,  2005  Subscriber  Notification  Deadlines,  WC  Docket  Nos.  04-  36,  05-  196,  DA  05-  2085  (rel.  July  26,  2005);  Public  Notice,  Enforcement  Bureau  Provides  Further  Guidance  to  Interconnected 


 Voice  Over  Internet  Protocol  Service  Providers  Concerning  Enforcement  of  Subscriber  Acknowledgement  Requirement,  WC  Docket  Nos.  04-  36,  05-  196,  DA  05-  2358  (rel.  Aug.  26,  2005);  Public  Notice,  Enforcement 
 Bureau  Provides  Further  Guidance  to  Interconnected  Voice  Over  Internet  Protocol  Service  Providers  Concerning  Enforcement  of  Subscriber  Acknowledgement  Requirement,  WC  Docket  Nos.  04-  36,  05-  196,  DA  05-  2530  (rel.  Sept. 
 27,  2005);  Public  Notice,  Enforcement  Bureau  Provides  Additional  Guidance  to  Interconnected  Voice  Over  Internet  Protocol  Service  Providers  Concerning  Enforcement  of  Subscriber  Acknowledgement  Requirement,  WC  Docket 
 Nos.  04-  36,  05-  196,  DA  05-  2874  (rel.  Oct.  31,  2005).  The  subscriber  notification  and  acknowledgement  requirements  are  codified  in  section  9.5(  e)  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  47  C.  F.  R.  §  9.5(  e);  see  also  VoIP  911  Order, 
 20  FCC  Rcd  at  10271-  73,  ¶¶  47-  49. 
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