2001 FCC Decisions

December 21, 2001

Public Notice DA 01-3007 to extend until March 31, 2002, the preliminary extensions granted under Common Carrier Bureau Order DA 01-2244 for the petitioners listed in DA 01-3007A2. An erratum was issued to correct the Public Notice number.

September 28, 2001

Public Notice DA 01-2243 to establish procedures to submit or supplement Section 107(c) extension petitions, both generally and with respect to packet-mode and other safe harbor standards.

September 27, 2001

Common Carrier Bureau Order DA 01-2244 granting Section 103 extensions for petitioners in Appendix A. Also, granting an additional preliminary extension for petitioners in Appendix B until December 31, 2001, or until a final determination is made under Section 107(c).

September 21, 2001

Order FCC 01-265. In the Order, the FCC granted in part the relief requested by CTIA by temporarily suspending the September 30, 2001, compliance date for wireline, cellular, and broadband PCS carriers to implement two punch list capabilities mandated by the Third Report and Order FCC 99-230. Also, the FCC denied CTIA's request for a blanket extension of the September 30, 2001, compliance deadline for these carriers to implement a packet-mode communications capability. However, due to the imminence of the packet-mode compliance deadline, the FCC granted these carriers until November 19, 2001, either to come into compliance or seek individual relief. You can read the news announcement regarding Order FCC 01-265.

September 19, 2001

FCC News Announcement regarding FCC 01-265, an Order not yet released. In the Order the FCC denies a blanket extension for packet-mode communications, and temporarily suspends the Punch List deadline.

August 15, 2001

Common Carrier Bureau Order DA 01-1902 which grants the listed wireline carriers' petition for extension under Section 107(c). The granted extensions are in effect until the dates agreed to by the FBI, as set forth in each carrier's individual FBI support letter.

June 22, 2001

Public Notice DA 01-1494 which extended the preliminary determination period for Section 103 compliance for wireline carriers listed in Appendix A and Appendix B of DA 01-1494, until September 30, 2001.

May 31, 2001

Public Notice DA 01-1316 which lists additional wireline telecommunications carriers that filed Section 107(c) extension petitions that received preliminary extensions until June 30, 2001. These additional carriers are added to the previous wireline carriers listed in the November 2000 and February 2001 notices.

April 16, 2001

Second Order on Reconsideration FCC 01-126 to issue a limited reconsideration of their Report and Order FCC 99-11 and their Second Report and Order FCC 99-229. The Second Order on Reconsideration clarifies the arrangements telecommunications carriers subject to CALEA must make to ensure that law enforcement agencies can contact them when necessary, and the interception activity that triggers a record keeping requirement. The FCC also makes additional clarifications without altering their rules, but otherwise denies the requests for reconsideration. The FCC published a summary of the action taken on the Second Order on Reconsideration in the Federal Register at 66 Fed. Reg. 22,446 (2001).

March 15, 2001

Public Notice DA 01-673 from the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau which extends Section 107(c) preliminary determination period for wireless carriers until September 30, 2001 and seeks comments on additional extension petitions.

February 22, 2001

Public Notice DA 01-489 which lists the wireline telecommunications carriers that filed Section 107(c) extension petitions that received preliminary extensions from the Common Carrier Bureau and the revised date for all preliminary extensions previously granted.