WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 14, 2025 – Last week, INCOMPAS, the internet and competitive networks association, filed comments in response to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Public Notice seeking input on identifying rules, regulations or guidance documents for the purpose of alleviating unnecessary regulatory burdens and fulfilling the new Administration’s efforts to unleash economic prosperity through deregulation.
The following statement can be attributed to Christopher L. Shipley, Executive Director of Public Policy at INCOMPAS:
“INCOMPAS welcomes this opportunity to suggest rules and regulations that, upon further examination, are unnecessary, outdated or affirmatively detrimental to advancing the goals and objectives of the Commission, particularly the timely and competitive deployment and operation of telecommunications services.”
“Given INCOMPAS’ diverse membership, our comments represent a variety of areas where the Commission can take action to reduce the regulatory burden on providers, including in the deployment of broadband networks, TCPA regulation, and unnecessary reporting requirements for international carriers and voice service providers. These suggestions are intended to help our providers redirect resources to the deployment and operation of competitive telecommunications services and we look forward to working with the Commission on this important goal.”
Specifically, INCOMPAS asked the Commission to:
- Remove regulatory hurdles and streamline deployments that will enable faster and more cost-effective broadband networks to be built. As part of this effort, the FCC can modify its rules to address barriers to access and reexamine reporting requirements related to the Broadband Data Collection.
- Exempt all privacy and data security rules under Part 64, Subpart U of the FCC’s rules from application to the provision of telecommunications services to enterprise customers.
- Extend its 2017 reforms on international reporting by eliminating the quarterly reporting requirements that apply to U.S. international carriers classified as dominant on an international route.
- Repeal or modify Public Safety Answering Point outage reporting requirements it adopted in 2022 that providers have found to be operationally burdensome and occasionally confusing for 911 special facilities.
- Simplify the rules associated with compliance with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to clarify the scope and application, consolidate requirements by category and eliminate duplicative sections.
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