Wireline Bureau Denies Small Provider IP-Based Stir/Shaken Petition

The FCC Wireline Bureau on Wednesday denied a petition from a coalition of providers seeking a waiver of rules requiring facilities-based small voice service to fully implement Stir/Shaken in the IP portions of their networks. The providers sought various extensions from 30 to 60 days. All IP-based providers were required to comply with the rule by June 30 (see 2306300041). Petitioners didn't show there were "insufficient periods of time to complete the necessary tasks or that the reasons they cite for failing to timely comply were unique or unforeseeable," the bureau said in an order in docket 17-97.