Client Advisory: Majority of FCC's New Rural Call Completion Rules Effective October 19

1. establish a registry for intermediate providers;
2. require intermediate providers to register with the Commission before offering to transmit covered voice communications;
3. require covered providers to use only registered intermediate providers to transmit covered voice communications; and
4. require covered providers to maintain the capability to disclose the identities of any intermediate providers relied on in the call path to the Commission.

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