FCC Proposes Market-Based Changes to Toll Free Number Administration [telecom]

By Keenan Adamchak, CommLawBlog, Oct 24, 2017

On Sept. 28, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that seeks to permit the assignment of toll free numbers via alternative market-based approaches, including the auctioning of numbers. Furthermore, consistent with such a market-based approach, the Commission proposed the development of a secondary market allowing subscribers to reassign their toll free numbers to other subscribers for a negotiated fee. Finally, the Commission adopted proposals to modernize toll free number administration, including the revision or elimination of the current prohibitions on brokering, warehousing, and hoarding of toll free numbers.

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