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FRIDAY — JANUARY 17, 2014 — ISSUE NO. 589

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Dear Friends of Wireless Messaging,

Greetings and hallucinations . . . oops, I mean salutations. There is a lot of important news this week. I hope you are ready to do your homework. Most of the kids I grew up with—who did their homework in school—are now enjoying comfortable retirements. Those who didn't are greeters out at Walmart* or maybe even editing online newsletters. Ha!

It's cold and snowing outside, but then it was the same last winter.

Such an exciting life—living in the country! Caught a mouse in the kitchen last night. Two the night before. They come inside when it gets this cold. I don't know if I can stand this much excitement.

It is a big change from the 40 years that I spent flying around the world—to over 50 countries—implementing Paging Systems. Sort of like “Johnny Appleseed.” Surely you know the story—he traveled around planting apple trees.

My dog keeps me company. I like dogs! So much so that the THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK (at the end of the newsletter) are about dogs.

MY LATEST DOG "BELLE"

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Obama Says Mass Collection of U.S. Phone Data Will End

President Also to Require Court Order for Search of Information

LEE And SIOBHAN GORMAN CONNECT
Updated Jan. 17, 2014 11:17 a.m. ET

WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama said Friday that the U.S. will end its mass collection of American phone data and no longer will house the information inside the government, a victory for civil libertarians that marks the most significant curtailment of U.S. surveillance practices in more than a decade.

The most immediate changes to spy operations affect a National Security Agency program that collects data on nearly all U.S. phone calls. Under the new presidential directive, intelligence officials are now required to obtain an order from a secret national-security court for government searches of phone data, and the scope of individual searches has been scaled back.

"We are ending the program as it currently exists," a senior administration official said.

Mr. Obama also adopted new protections for non-U.S. citizens and put an end to spying on the heads of state of close U.S. allies, although monitoring directed at leaders' staff members wasn't prohibited.

The reforms follow months of highly sensitive leaks by former government contractor Edward Snowden about secret U.S. spying practices that have embarrassed the White House and sapped Americans' trust in the president.

With his announcement, in a speech at the Justice Department, Mr. Obama also set the stage for a clash with intelligence officials as well as their allies in Congress and elsewhere.

The changes, while more sweeping than anticipated, leave some key surveillance practices untouched. Among them are other mass data-collection programs that operate under the same authority as the NSA phone-data program, including a Central Intelligence Agency program that collects data on international money transfers from companies such as Western Union, which includes records of millions of Americans.

But the overall effect of the changes unveiled by Mr. Obama imposes sweeping new requirements that U.S. spy programs satisfy privacy and civil-liberties objections.

"He recognizes the concerns that have been raised about the potential for abuse when the government is in the business of collecting these volumes of information," said a senior official.

In his speech, Mr. Obama issued a directive that outlined new rules of the road for NSA surveillance practices both at home and overseas.

Mr. Obama will make clear that the NSA phone-data program will be housed outside of the government, but he didn't specify an alternative location. Instead, he asked the attorney general, the NSA, and other spy-agency leaders to work with Congress to devise one and report to the president within 60 days.

He also opened the door to further changes to the NSA's mass monitoring of foreign targets, which collects vast amounts of American data "incidentally." He asked the attorney general and director of national intelligence to consider greater protections for Americans' data in those spy operations.

Mr. Obama is establishing a new process for an annual evaluation of surveillance targets that weighs costs and benefits of stealing communications from a particular individual.

He also spelled out new protections for non-U.S. citizens, specifying that surveillance will only be done to counter espionage, terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, cyberthreats, dangers to U.S. and allied armed forces, and transnational criminal threats.

There are also new limits on the length of time the U.S. can hold data of non-U.S. individuals who aren't of foreign intelligence interest.

And he stated what the U.S. won't use mass foreign monitoring for, including: suppressing dissent, racial or sexual discrimination or giving U.S. companies a competitive advantage.

"Our signals intelligence activities must take into account that all persons should be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their nationality or wherever they might reside, and that all persons have legitimate privacy interests in the handling of their personal information," the new presidential directive states.

He is directing the attorney general and the director of national intelligence to review future opinions of the secret national-security court known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to see if they can be declassified.

On the controversial practice of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's issuing so-called national-security letters that demand data and don't require judicial review, Mr. Obama isn't accepting the recommendation of his handpicked review panel that they require a judge's sign-off.

However, officials said, he will ask the Attorney General to review the process to reduce the secrecy that surrounds them, and companies that receive the letter will be able to make more information public about their receipt of the orders. Currently they can't ever acknowledge they have received a letter.

Source: The Wall Street Journal

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Privacy researchers: Cell phone surveillance costs as little as 4 pennies an hour

Privacy researchers broke down the cost of location surveillance techniques and warned that we need the Fourth Amendment to protect us 'when highly revealing surveillance of a citizen's activities is possible for pennies a day.'

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Mon, 01/13/14 - 3:03pm.
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Would you be upset to learn that it costs mere pennies per hour for law enforcement to violate your expectation of privacy with cell phone surveillance? If the cops wanted to spy on you for 28 days, Sprint, for example, only charges $.04 cents an hour. 28 days is important because of U.S. v. Jones ; "five Supreme Court Justices wrote that government surveillance of one's public movements for twenty-eight days using a GPS device violated a reasonable expectation of privacy and constituted a Fourth Amendment search."

Privacy researchers Ashkan Soltani and Kevin Bankston "set out to make a targeted contribution to an ongoing conversation about how the Fourth Amendment's protections can and should be applied to balance out the rapid technology-based expansion of the government's power to collect information about its citizens."

Since in U.S. v. Jones, the Justices seemed to take a "cost-focused structural privacy rights approach-to resolve the Fourth Amendment question," the duo came up with a "cost-based conception of the expectation of privacy that both supports and is supported by the concurring opinions in Jones." They broke down the cost of location surveillance techniques , such as tracking by a cell phone, GPS device, radio beeper and even physical pursuit by foot and in vehicles, and published their findings in the Yale Law Journal.

In light of wireless carriers admitting they received 1.1 million requests for cell phone data information from law enforcement agencies in 2012 - and that doesn't count Sprint since the company failed to give a number - and more than 9,000 requests for cell tower dumps, our cell phones are the "go to" surveillance method of choice. It's almost as if carrying a mobile phone is synonymous with giving up a reasonable expectation of privacy. In fact, Bankston and Soltani said, "The incredibly inexpensive technique of cell phone tracking clearly requires an equilibrium-adjusting application of Fourth Amendment protections for any length of surveillance."

This conclusion is clear when comparing traditional covert car pursuit or beeper surveillance to even the most expensive hourly rate for cell phone tracking using the most expensive cell phone carrier. It costs $5.21 per hour for one day of surveillance of an AT&T customer. One day of beeper surveillance is more than twenty times as expensive, at as much as $113 per hour, and covert car pursuit costs over fifty times that, at $275 per hour.

The difference is even more dramatic when the length of the surveillance increases. For example, the average cost of cell phone tracking across the three major providers is about $1.80 per hour for twenty-eight days of tracking. Using beeper technology for the same period of time is nearly sixty times more expensive, while covert car pursuit is over 150 times more expensive.

The longer a person is under cell phone surveillance, the cheaper it is for the cops. The researchers determined what mobile carriers would charge per day, per week and per 28 days. Sprint will happily sell your "reasonable expectation of privacy" for cheap, charging only $30 for 28 days, which breaks down to four pennies an hour. Conversely, T-Mobile charges $2,800 ($4.17 an hour) and AT&T will sell you out for $800 ($1.19 an hour). Verizon Wireless is not on the list.

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When highly revealing surveillance of a citizen's activities is possible for pennies a day, we need the Fourth Amendment to protect us. Otherwise, we may soon live in a world of unlimited virtual "tiny constables" monitoring our every move.

The paper is a really good and thought-provoking read; I highly suggest you make the time to read it.

Source: NetworkWorld

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Julia Roberts Thinks People Tweet From Their Pagers, Says She Doesn't "Get" Social Media

by LILY HARRISON Tue., Jan. 14, 2014 10:55 AM PST


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If you're waiting for Julia Roberts to get on Twitter, don't hold your breath.

During a press interview for her film August: Osage County, the A-lister explained why she won't be joining any social media networks anytime soon.

"Well, I haven't chosen to not be a part of it. I kind of just don't get it," she said when asked why she's steered clear of certain sites.

"See that's the thing I don't get. It's like screaming into the wind. I guess I just don't get it. If somebody has a grievance with me, or if it's a friend or somebody has been misinformed or misunderstood, I would go to them directly," she added.

"There's a directness that I miss and the idea of Internet or Twitter…I picture Twitter on a pager which I know is also antiquated, I don't know where you Twitter!"

On a pager?! Julia, we love you. Don't ever change. Keep playing snake on your Nokia 3310.

"There's just a lack of human connection to all of it and that doesn't appeal to me," she said during the interview.

But the Oscar winner isn't completely against websites like Twitter or Facebook, they're just not for her. She added that she recognizes that social media can be amazing and even help people.

"It makes people feel connected and it brings people together and does all these awesome things, but for me, I like to look at somebody and have more tangible connections. That's what I as a person am invested in."

Source: Eonline

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Selected portions of the BloostonLaw Telecom Update, and/or the BloostonLaw Private Users Update — newsletters from the Law Offices of Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast, LLP are reproduced in this section with the firm's permission.

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BloostonLaw Telecom Update Vol. 17, No. 2 January 15, 2014

CPNI Certifications Due March 3

The annual Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) certification filing deadline falls on March 3, 2014 this year, since the usual March 1 deadline is a Saturday. As the deadline approaches, BloostonLaw will remind its retainer clients, and report on any changes to the reporting template format. Virtually every year since the adoption of the CPNI reporting requirement, the FCC has tinkered with the report format shortly before the deadline. For this reason, our clients will want to wait until the FCC issues this year's Public Notice reminder of the CPNI deadline before completing their certification for Calendar Year 2013 and sending it to us for filing. The FCC normally issues a Public Notice during the January 24 to February 7 period that reminds carriers of the March filing deadline and provides the approved template for that year's filing.

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DC Circuit Orders Temporary Halt to Net Neutrality Blocking and Discrimination Rules

In a decision released January 14 in Verizon v. FCC, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the Disclosure rules adopted in the FCC's 2010 Open Internet Order, but vacated the Anti-Blocking and Anti-Discrimination rules adopted therein, i.e., the heart of the FCC's "net neutrality" principle.

The Disclosure rules require both fixed and mobile broadband providers to publicly disclose accurate information regarding their network management practices, performance and commercial terms of service. The Anti-Blocking rules prohibited: (a) fixed broadband providers from blocking lawful content, applications, services or non-harmful devices (except where such blocking constitutes "reasonable network management"); and (b) mobile broadband providers from blocking access to lawful websites and applications that compete with their voice or video telephony services (again, except where such blocking constitutes reasonable network management). The Anti-Discrimination rules applied only to fixed broadband providers, and prohibited them from unreasonably discriminating in the transmission of lawful network traffic over a customer's broadband Internet access service (except where such actions constitute reasonable network management).

The Court held that Sections 706(a) and 706(b) of the Communications Act (which were added by the 1996 Act to enable the FCC to encourage or accelerate the deployment of advance telecommunications capabilities by promoting competition and by removing barriers to infrastructure investment) give the FCC statutory authority to promulgate rules governing the treatment of Internet traffic by broadband service providers, because such rules encourage the deployment of broadband infrastructure.

However, the Court vacated the Anti-Blocking and Anti-Discrimination rules because they imposed what were effectively Title II common carrier obligations upon broadband providers when the FCC had instead classified broadband providers as "information service providers" that are not subject to regulation as common carriers.

Once the Court's mandate issues, the Anti-Blocking and Anti-Discrimination rules will no longer be in effect. The FCC may appeal the DC Circuit decision to the Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court accepts the appeal, it could affirm the DC Circuit decision, or reverse it in whole or part and order the FCC rules to be reinstated.

In addition, the FCC now clearly has Section 706 authority to adopt alternative rules governing the treatment of Internet traffic by broadband service providers. It could initiate a new rulemaking looking toward the adoption of alternative blocking, discrimination or other Internet traffic control rules that would be designed to not constitute common carrier regulation (for example, by allowing broadband service providers to make "individualized" decisions on how to handle the traffic of various entities). Or the FCC could reconsider its prior decisions regarding the classification of broadband providers, and determine instead that they are common carriers subject to Title II regulation (with or without forbearance regarding certain common carrier obligations).

The DC Circuit decision will likely be viewed as a setback for the former Genachowski FCC, which appeared to have viewed the Open Internet Order as one of its major accomplishments. The Court's majority seemed to go out of its way in several instances to indicate its pique at the FCC's interpretation of its 2010 Comcast Corp. v. FCC decision that had previously limited FCC regulation of broadband providers, and to point out errors and omissions in the FCC's appellate arguments. It will be interesting to see what, if any, impact this decision will have upon the Tenth Circuit's pending consideration of the FCC's November 2011 USF/ICC Order.

DC Circ. Stays Portion of FCC Inmate Phone Call Rate Rule

The United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has stayed three aspects of the FCC's order setting rates and procedures for interstate inmate calling services (ICS) pending the court's resolution of various petitions for review. Specifically, the court stayed the FCC's rule requiring interstate ICS rates to be cost-based; setting a safe-harbor rate for interim interstate ICS rates; and establishing a requirement that all ICS providers must submit a report to the FCC providing information regarding their interstate and intrastate inmate calling services.

The court did not stay the FCC's rules setting an interim rate cap on interstate ICS rates or establishing restrictions on charges for ICS telecommunications relay service calling and prohibiting billing-related call blocking.

In a joint statement on the court's decision, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel said:

We are pleased that millions of families will finally see relief from outrageous rates for inmate calling services when the interim rate caps of $0.25 for collect calls and $0.21 for debit calls go into effect in February 2014. These families have been forced to pay exorbitant rates for far too long. Although we are disappointed that the court granted a partial stay on other aspects of the Inmate Calling Services Order, we look forward to a hearing on the merits soon, and to adopting further reforms quickly.

FCC Announces Duty to Query Lifeline Database

On January 14, 2014, the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau (WCB) released a Public Notice informing all authorized entities, including ETCs, of their obligation to begin querying the National Lifeline Accountability Database (NLAD) to determine if a prospective subscriber is currently receiving Lifeline-supported service. The duty of authorized entities to query the NLAD for each prospective subscriber commences in accordance with the NLAD Migration Schedule released by USAC, but no sooner than February 13, 2014 (30 days from the release of the Notice). Under the Migration Schedule, Maryland, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Washington will be the first to start using the new database.

The WCB also reminded ETCs of their ongoing obligation to collect, and provide to the NLAD, the following information for each new and existing Lifeline subscriber:

  • The subscriber's full name;
  • Full residential address;
  • Date of birth;
  • Last four digits of the subscriber's Social Security number, or of the subscriber's Tribal Identification number if the subscriber is a member of a Tribal nation and does not have a Social Security number;
  • The telephone number associated with the Lifeline service;
  • The date on which the Lifeline service was initiated;
  • The date on which the Lifeline service was terminated, if it has been terminated;
  • The amount of support being sought for that subscriber; and
  • The means through which the subscriber qualified for Lifeline.

Comment Sought, Hearing Held on Communications Act Update

On January 8, 2014, House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) announced that they are seeking public input as they begin work to review and update the Communications Act. Specifically, they are seeking responses from the public to a series of questions posed in a white paper focusing on broad thematic concepts for updating the Communications Act. Responses are due by January 31.

The five questions posed in the white paper are:

  1. The current Communications Act is structured around particular services. Does this structure work for the modern communications sector? If not, around what structures or principles should the titles of the Communications Act revolve?
  2. What should a modern Communications Act look like? Which provisions should be retained from the existing Act, which provisions need to be adapted for today's communications environment, and which should be eliminated?
  3. Are the structure and jurisdiction of the FCC in need of change? How should they be tailored to address systemic change in communications?
  4. As noted, the rapidly evolving nature of technology can make it difficult to legislate and regulate communications services. How do we create a set of laws flexible enough to have staying power? How can the laws be more technology-neutral?
  5. Does the distinction between information and telecommunications services continue to serve a purpose? If not, how should the two be rationalized?

The House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology also held a hearing on January 15, at 10:00 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, entitled "#CommActUpdate: Perspectives from Former FCC Chairmen," which can be viewed here .

The witness panel for the hearing consisted of four former FCC Chairmen: the Honorable Richard Wiley (1970-1977); the Honorable Reed Hundt (1993-1997); the Honorable Michael Powell (2001-2005); and the Honorable Michael Copps (Acting Chairman, January – June 2009). Copies of their written testimony can be found here .

Since 2014 is a congressional election year, meaning that next year a new congress will take over, BloostonLaw believes it unlikely that we will see a draft Communications Act bill this year despite these initial efforts.

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Federal Government Steps Up Debt Collection Activities

As we previously reported to our clients in connection with last year's Regulatory Fee Program, the FCC and the Federal Government have become more aggressive in their debt collection activities. Over the last few weeks, we have seen instances where the FCC has transferred delinquent debts to the US Treasury for collection, even where the amounts in question were relatively meager. This goes above-and-beyond the FCC's Red light program which precludes those with delinquent debts to the FCC from receiving any actions or benefits from the FCC until the debts are cleared.

The debts that the FCC has transferred to the US Treasury include penalties and interest imposed by the FCC as well as penalties and interest that have been added by the US Treasury. As a result, what might have initially been a relatively small debt could increase substantially over time. The collection letters from the US Treasury clearly state that the Federal Government will pursue additional collection action and impose additional charges until the debt is paid. Additional collection actions could ultimately lead to the filing of a law suit in state or Federal court.

If you receive a collection letter from the FCC or from the US Treasury indicating that a debt is owed to the FCC, please contact us immediately so that we can assist you in determining what the debt is for and whether or not it is valid.

As indicated above, once the FCC has determined you are delinquent on a debt, your company (and any affiliates that it has tied to your FRN number or federal Tax Payer Identification Number) will not receive any FCC benefits until the debt is resolved — either by payment or cancellation. As a result, until this "red light" status is lifted, you would not be able to receive favorable action on any license applications or tariff requests. Additionally, you could also be barred from receiving benefits from USAC that you otherwise might be entitled.

Senate Hearing on 911 Location Data

The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has announced that the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will hold a hearing on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. titled, "Locating 911 Callers in a Wireless World." The Subcommittee will focus on the unique location accuracy issues associated with calling 911 from wireless phones.

The hearing will be held in the Russell Senate Office Building in room 253, and will be webcast live via the Senate Commerce Committee website . The witness panel for this hearing will include Mr. Trey Forgety, Director of Government Affairs, National Emergency Number Association; Mr. Christopher Guttman-McCabe, Executive Vice President, CTIA - The Wireless Association; Ms. Gigi Smith, President, APCO International; Mr. Claude Stout,Executive Director, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc.; and Mr. Kirk Burroughs, Senior Director of Technology, Qualcomm Inc.

FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for January Meeting

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced that the following items will be on the tentative agenda for the January 30, 2014 open meeting:

  • Advancing Technology Transitions While Protecting Network Values: The Commission will consider a Report and Order, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and Notice of Inquiry that invites diverse technology transitions experiments to examine how to best accelerate technology transitions by preserving and enhancing the values consumers have come to expect from communication networks.
  • Enabling Nationwide Text-to-911 Service for the 21st Century: The Commission will consider a Policy Statement and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that sets forth the agency's policy goals regarding this critical public safety function, and seeks comment on proposals for widespread implementation and achievement of those goals.
  • Incentive Auction Task Force Presentation: The Commission will receive an update on the timeline and project plan for the broadcast television incentive auction.
  • Process Reform Working Group Presentation: The Commission will receive a presentation from the Staff Working Group on Process Reform at the FCC.

The Open Meeting is scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in Room TW-C305, at 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., and will be webcast live at www.fcc.gov/live .

FCC Chairman Wheeler Announces Senior Staff Appointments

On January 10, 2014, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced the appointment of Tim Brennan as Chief Economist for the agency, and Clete Johnson as Chief Counsel for Cybersecurity in the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.

Dr. Brennan is currently a professor of public policy and economics at the University of Maryland - Baltimore County (UMBC) and a senior fellow with Resources for the Future whose research has addressed topics in antitrust, regulatory economics, copyright, electricity markets, telecommunications and media policy, environmental economics, and methods and ethics in public policy. Before joining the UMBC faculty in 1990, Dr. Brennan was an economist with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, taught in the telecommunications policy program at George Washington University, served as a senior economist for the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and served as a staff consultant to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Mr. Johnson previously worked for the Senate Intelligence Committee where he served as the Committee's lead staffer on financial intelligence issues. As the Committee's designated counsel for former Intelligence Committee Chairman and present Commerce Committee Chairman Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, Mr. Johnson was the staff lead for Senator Rockefeller's cybersecurity legislation and related stakeholder outreach. He also served previously as Senator Rockefeller's counsel for defense, foreign policy, and international trade. Before coming to the Senate, Mr. Johnson practiced law at Patton Boggs LLP, focusing on export controls and defense procurement, as well as other aspects of international trade and security.

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Charter Bids for Time Warner; Time Warner Says No-Thank You — Not Enough

On Monday, Time Warner Cable rejected a $62 Billion bid from Charter Communications, a smaller cable company that is controlled by Liberty Media Group and John Malone. Press reports are indicating that Rob Marcus, CEO of Time Warner Cable, stated that the Charter proposal was a "non-starter" because Time Warner Cable is far more valuable. While Marcus is not opposed to a sale, he indicated that the current bid from Charter Communications essentially amounted to a bid of $132.50 per share which is far below the $160.00 per share price that Time Warner Cable would be agreeable to.

Press reports note that this is merely the opening salvo and that Charter has several options before it, including nominating a slate of directors to Time Warner Cable and a potential tender offer for Time Warner Cable's stock. Obviously, Charter Communications would prefer a friendly transaction. Charter Communications' letter to Time Warner Cable indicated that it has "fully negotiated" financing and can be "in a position to sign commitment letters in a matter of days.

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FEBRUARY 1: FCC FORM 502, NUMBER UTILIZATION AND FORECAST REPORT. Any wireless or wireline carrier (including paging companies) that have received number blocks—including 100, 1,000, or 10,000 number blocks—from the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), a Pooling Administrator, or from another carrier, must file Form 502 by February 1 . Carriers porting numbers for the purpose of transferring an established customer's service to another service provider must also report, but the carrier receiving numbers through porting does not. Resold services should also be treated like ported numbers, meaning the carrier transferring the resold service to another carrier is required to report those numbers but the carrier receiving such numbers should not report them. Reporting carriers are required to include their FCC Registration Number (FRN). Reporting carriers file utilization and forecast reports semiannually on or before February 1 for the preceding six-month reporting period ending December 31, and on or before August 1 for the preceding six-month reporting period ending June 30.

Calendar At-A-Glance

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January

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Jan. 17 – Comments on Wireless Emergency Transparency are due.
Jan. 17 – Mock auction for Auction 96.
Jan. 20 – Notification deadline for area-source boilers operated by small entities.
Jan. 22 – Auction 96 begins.
Jan. 23 – Reply comments are due on the proposal to license 600 MHz Band using "Partial Economic Areas."
Jan. 27 – Comments on Central Arkansas Telephone Cooperative request to include prepaid post-employment benefits in rate base are due.
Jan. 28 – Reply comments are due on Changes to LNP Porting Process.
Jan. 31 – FCC Form 555 (Annual Lifeline ETC Certification Form) is due.

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Feb. 1 – FCC Form 499-Q is due.
Feb. 1 – FCC Form 502 (Number Utilization and Forecast Report) is due.
Feb. 10 – Electronic filing deadline for Form 497 for carriers seeking support for the preceding month and wishing to receive reimbursement by month's end.
Feb. 28 – PRA comments on Rural Call Completion are due.

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Mar. 1 – Copyright Statement of Account Form for cable companies is due.
Mar. 1 – FCC Form 477 (Local Competition & Broadband Reporting) is due.
Mar. 3 – Annual CPNI Certification is due.
Mar. 10 – Electronic filing deadline for Form 497 for carriers seeking support for the preceding month and wishing to receive reimbursement by month's end.
Mar. 31 – FCC Form 525 (Delayed Phase-down CETC Line Counts) is due.
Mar. 31 – FCC Form 508 (ICLS Projected Annual Common Line Requirement) is due.

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Apr. 1 – FCC Form 499-A (Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet) is due.
Apr. 1 – Annual Accessibility Certification is due.

This newsletter is not intended to provide legal advice. Those interested in more information should contact the firm. For additional information, please contact Hal Mordkofsky at 202-828-5520 or halmor@bloostonlaw.com .

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Meet Voyce, the sensor-packed, wearable-tech wellness monitor for dogs

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@jonphillipssf Jan 8, 2014 8:47 AM

LAS VEGAS —Finally: Wearable tech is now available for humankind's most faithful, loving animal companion. Yeah, you knew it had to happen. The quantified-self movement is now courting dogs.

Announced Tuesday at CES 2014, Voyce is a health, wellness and activity tracker that fits loosely around Spot's neck like a dog collar. It's packed with a 3-axis accelerometer to gather data on your dog's paw steps and periods of rest, but the even cooler technology lies in a sensor that uses radio frequencies to measure heart and respiratory rates. All this data is funneled to a mobile app dashboard, providing human caretakers with telling insights on what's really going on inside the bodies of their canine companions.

If you're not an animal lover, you may think a product like Voyce demonstrates that wearable tech has jumped the shark—or even the dog shark . But dogs can't directly tell us when they're suffering from common canine problems like hip dysplasia, heart disease, or basic, garden-variety pain. Enter Voyce, which gives us much more insight into our dogs' anatomy, especially as it trends over time.


The Voyce collar can even accommodate massive breeds like the Great Dane. Toy breeds, however, will have to wait for a hardware update.

Jeff Noce, the president of the company behind Voyce, told me his canine wellness collar replicates the utility of a device called a health vest, which is used by veterinarians to collect heart and breathing rates. But the problem with the health vest, he says, is that it's applied when a dog is most anxious: during a trip to the vet. The Voyce collar, on the other hand, collects data 24-7, storing about two weeks of information. This gives owners a completely different, long-view picture of their dogs' critical vital signs.

The Voyce collar was developed in concert with veterinarians from Cornell, bio-medical engineers and dog behaviorists. Noce says the band's radio-frequency technology measures the expansion and contraction of arteries in a dog's neck, and that he's "very happy with the results compared to the health vest" in terms of accuracy rates.

Combined with a companion mobile app, Voyce is intended to be a complete, holistic wellness platform. After you enter information about your dog's breed, age and unique medical situation, Voyce will mesh that data with its sensor statistics, and feed you customized insights to make you a better-informed pet parent. The platform also provides tools to track your dog's medicine and vaccinations, and you can share everything with your veterinarian too.

The collar's lithium-ion battery lasts about a week between recharging, and data transmits wirelessly with the cloud for linking to mobile devices and a desktop dashboard. When the product launches late spring for $300 (along with a monthly subscription fee for full-platform insights), it will accommodate almost all breeds, even jumbo English mastiffs and Great Danes. But toy breeds, unfortunately, will have to wait longer for a more miniaturized version of the collar.

Wearable tech threatens to make us all look a bit silly—but thankfully our dogs demonstrate a refreshing lack of humility, so design aesthetics shouldn't be a problem unless you're so vain you can't stand the look of the thing yourself (and if so, take a good, hard look at your priorities).

Personally, I can't wait to hand off the Voyce collar to Whiskey, my border collie mix. Just how much exercise is she really getting on leashed dog walks relative to off-leash trips to the beach? And just how much stress does she feel when we're riding in the car? I'm obsessed with my own quantified-self stats, and now I can turn my attention to her.

Source: TechHive

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Since Health-Care Professionals are such an important part of the Paging market, I thought you might be interested in reading this: Slideshow: Health devices launched at CES 2014. It is too long to include here, but too important to miss.

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Here is another good one from CES: Prepare your body parts for more! 24 wearables to watch in 2014.

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How the Internet is about to change after court decision.

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“Dogs never bite me. Just humans.”

— Marilyn Monroe

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“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”

— Mark Twain

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“The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.”

— Martin Luther

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“I like dogs
Big dogs
Little dogs
Fat dogs
Doggy dogs
Old dogs
Puppy dogs
I like dogs
A dog that is barking over the hill
A dog that is dreaming very still
A dog that is running wherever he will
I like dogs.”

— Margaret Wise Brown, The Friendly Book

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