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FCC Enforcement Advisory – Form 477 Report Every Six Months or Face Penalties
Common carriers and their affiliates providing telephone exchange or exchange access service;
Facilities-based Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) providers offering mobile phone service;
Interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers;
Facilities-based broadband Internet service providers (including, but not limited to Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs)).
Form 477 filing requirements apply to providers regardless of size.[4]
Enforcement Activities. The Bureau is prepared to take enforcement action against providers who violate this reporting requirement.[5] October 7, 2015, the Bureau released a consent decree with Rio Verde Wireless, LLC (Rio Verde), resolving an investigation into Rio Verde’s repeated failures to file Form 477 reports.[6] As part of the settlement, Rio Verde will pay a $10,500 penalty and designate a compliance officer, develop a compliance plan, and provide compliance training to staff to ensure appropriate reporting in the future. Providers, including WISPs and other rural entities, are on notice that failure to timely file Form 477 reports may result in enforcement action, including monetary penalties.[7]
How to File Form 477. Form 477 must be filed twice each year, by March 1 (reporting data collected as of December 31 of the previous year), and September 1 (reporting data collected as of June 30 of the current year).[8] Forms must be submitted electronically through the FCC website. The Form and Instructions, as well as additional information for filers, are available at the Form 477 Resources page (www.fcc.gov/form477).
[1] 47 C.F.R. § 1.7001; 43.11.
[2] See Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program, 28 FCC Rcd 9887, 9893-9896, paras. 15-19 (2013); see also 47 U.S.C. § 1302(b).
[3] 47 C.F.R. § 1.7001; 43.11(a).
[4] See Development of Nationwide Broadband Data to Evaluate Reasonable and Timely Deployment of Advanced Services to All Americans, Improvement of Wireless Broadband and Subscribership Data, and Development of Data on Interconnected Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) Subscribership, 23 FCC Rcd 9691, 9708, para. 32 (2008).
[5] See, e.g., Rio Verde Wireless, LLC, Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, 30 FCC Rcd 2196 (Investigations & Hearings Div., Enf. Bur. 2015); Marseilles Telephone Co., Metamora Telephone Co. and MTCO Communications, Inc., Order, 29 FCC Rcd 2603 (Enf. Bur. 2014).
[6] Rio Verde Wireless, LLC, Consent Decree, DA 15-1014 (Enf. Bur. Oct. 7, 2015).
[7] See 47 U.S.C. § 503(b)(2); 47 C.F.R. § 1.80(b); Amendment of Section 1.80(b) of the Commission’s Rules, Adjustment of civil Monetary Penalties to Reflect Inflation, Order, 28 FCC Rcd 10785 (Enf. Bur. 2013).
[8] C.F.R. § 1.7002; 43.01(d).
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FCC Form 477 must be filed by March 1 (reporting data collected as of December 31 of the previous year). Need more information or help filing Form 477? Contact attorney Jeffrey A. Franklin at Prince Law Offices, P.C.
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