Telecommunications

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and the Cable Act of 1992 provided a framework for deregulation of the communications industry. Nevertheless, providers of telecommunications and cable services face numerous reporting requirements at the state and federal levels. Martin Pringle provides assistance with compliance with requirements imposed by the Federal Communications Commission, the Library of Congress (copyright royalty fees for video service providers), and the Kansas Corporation Commission's state certification requirements for telecommunications and video service providers. In addition, the firm has considerable experience negotiating municipal telecommunications franchises, negotiating and arbitrating interconnection agreements, and offers legal advice and guidance concerning universal service, retransmission consent and other telecommunications and cable regulatory and policy issues.