DA 18-689
July 2, 2018
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT DATES
FOR NPRM ON UPDATING THE INTERCARRIER COMPENSATION REGIME TO ELIMINATE ACCESS ARBITRAGE

WC Docket No. 18-155
Comment Date:  July 20, 2018 
Reply Comment Date:  August 3, 2018
On June 4, 2018, the Commission adopted the Updating the Intercarrier Compensation Regime to Eliminate Access Arbitrage Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Access Arbitrage NPRM). Updating the Intercarrier Compensation Regime to Eliminate Access Arbitrage, WC Docket No. 18-155, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 18-68 (rel. June 5, 2018) (Access Arbitrage NPRM) (available at  https://www.fcc.gov/edocs/search-results?t=quick&fccdaNo=18-68; via the Commission’s Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS) website at https://www.fcc.gov/edocs (by FCC document number, FCC 18-68);  or via the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) website at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/ (by docket number, WC Docket No. 18-155)).
  In the Access Arbitrage NPRM, the Commission proposed changing the intercarrier compensation regime to eliminate financial incentives to engage in access stimulation.  The Access Arbitrage NPRM set comment and reply comment dates at 21 and 35 days, respectively, following Federal Register publication. Access Arbitrage NPRM at para. 1.

The Federal Register published a summary of the Access Arbitrage NPRM on June 29, 2018. Updating the Intercarrier Compensation Regime to Eliminate Access Arbitrage, Proposed Rule, 83 Fed. Reg. 30628 (rel. June 29, 2018), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/29/2018-13699/updating-the-intercarrier-compensation-regime-to-eliminate-access-arbitrage.
   Accordingly, comments will be due on or before July 20, 2018, and reply comments will be due on or August 3, 2018.  Complete filing instructions are provided in the Access Arbitrage NPRM, See Access Arbitrage NPRM at paras. 38-43.  To request materials in accessible formats for people with disabilities (Braille, large print, electronic files, audio format), send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).
 and the Federal Register. See Notice at 30628-39.

For additional information, contact Edward Krachmer, Edward.Krachmer@fcc.gov, 202-418-1525.
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