Hot-Button Issues Facing The FCC—More Than Net Neutrality

While Net Neutrality remains the highest profile issue involving the Federal Communications Commission, the FCC continues to receive a significant volume of comments from industry officials and lobbying groups about a range of other topics.

The FCC's staff has received more than 170 ex parte filings in recent weeks, according to a new Law360 article. In that article, Womble Carlyle Telecom attorney Marty Stern discussed some of the pressing topics facing the FCC that were the subject of significant advocacy activity according to the Law360 article.

For example, two providers of telecommunications services for the hearing impaired have been among the most active FCC lobbyists in recent weeks. The FCC recently approved new rules for these services and since then, Sorenson Communications LLC and ZVRS Holding Co. have disagreed about a number of issues, including provider compensation rates.