1999 FCC Decisions

August 31, 1999

Third Report and Order FCC 99-230 to adopt technical requirements for wireline, cellular, and broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS) carriers to comply with the assistance capability requirements prescribed by CALEA. See the August 27, 1999, FCC News Release for an overview of the action taken in the Third Report and Order.

August 31, 1999

Second Report and Order FCC 99-229 which clarifies which categories of service providers are subject to CALEA requirements. See the August 27, 1999, FCC News Release for an overview of the action taken in the Second Report and Order.

August 2, 1999

Order on Reconsideration FCC 99-184 to issue a limited reconsideration of their Report and Order FCC 99-11 regarding obligations placed upon carriers to maintain secure and accurate records of call content, pen register, and trap and trace interceptions.

May 7, 1999

Public Notice DA 99-863 soliciting comment on aggregated revenue estimates of Alcatel Network Systems; Lucent Technologies, Inc.; Motorola, Inc.; Northern Telecom, Inc.; and Siemens Information and Communications Networks.

March 15, 1999

Report and Order FCC 99-11 to establish the system security and integrity regulations that telecommunications carriers must follow to comply with CALEA section 105.

CALEA section 105 requires telecommunications carriers to file with the FCC, information regarding the policies and procedures used for employee supervision and control, and to maintain secure and accurate records of each communications interception or access to call-identifying information. In particular, all carriers that must comply with CALEA's capacity and capability requirements must also comply with 47 C.F.R. §§64.2100 - 64.2106 of the Commission's rules by filing with the FCC a Telecommunications Carrier Systems Security and Integrity Plan. Resellers of local exchange services, both facilities-based and switchless, must also comply with these rules.

March 2, 1999

Order DA 99-412 granting Alcatel Network Systems; Lucent Technologies, Inc.; Motorola, Inc.; Northern Telecom, Inc.; and Siemens Information and Communications Networks requests for confidential treatment of pricing and revenue data.