FCC Extends Inteliquent Access Stimulation Waiver to Sept. 1, Citing COVID-19

The FCC Wireline Bureau extended through Sept. 1 a waiver for competitive LEC Inteliquent of certain access stimulation rules, in an order effective Tuesday. During COVID-19, staff said conference calling services from Zoom and Cisco WebEx spiked and "materially increased Inteliquent’s ratio of terminating-to-originating traffic," designating it an access stimulating CLEC that without the waiver would have made it subject to financial responsibilities (see 1909260055). The original waiver was in March (see 2003270016).