FCC Denies USTelecom More Time to File 911 Reliability Certifications

The FCC won’t give broadband providers 90 more days to file annual 911 reliability certification. The online portal for receiving such filings is open, the Public Safety Bureau announced. The bureau denied waiver to USTelecom, which said COVID-19 is reason to delay the Oct. 15 deadline. The association “fails to state with sufficient particularity who needs relief from the Commission’s rule and why they need such relief,” the bureau said. “If USTelecom seeks an industry-wide or membership-wide waiver, the Waiver Request fails to establish that such broad relief is warranted.” The group didn’t comment Friday, the day the items were posted in the Daily Digest.