UPDATED: FCC Open Meeting June 12

The Federal Communications Commission announced further details on a public hearing on early termination fees that will be hosted on Thursday, June 12, 2008, 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., in the Commission Meeting Room (TW-C305).

Hearing information:

Date: June 12, 2008

Time: 10:00 a.m. (Eastern)

Location: FCC Headquarters Building
Room TW-C305
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20554

Agenda and List of Witnesses:

10:00 a.m. Welcome/Opening Remarks

10:30 a.m. Panel Discussion 1 – Early Termination Fees: Consumer and Industry Practices and Perspectives

Anne C. Boyle
Chair, Nebraska Public Service Commission

Daniel L. Brenner
Senior Vice President, Law & Regulatory Policy
National Cable & Telecommunications Association

Thomas W. Hazlett
Professor of Law & Economics
George Mason University School of Law

Larry S. Landis
Commissioner, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission

John F. Murphy
Senior Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer
The DIRECTV Group

Patrick Pearlman
Deputy Consumer Advocate
West Virginia Public Service Commission, appearing on behalf of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA)

Harold Schroer
Individual Consumer

Lee L. Selwyn, Ph.D
President and Founder
Economics and Technology Inc.

Thomas J. Tauke
Executive Vice President – Public Affairs, Policy and Communications
Verizon Communications

Molly White
Individual Consumer

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. Break

12:15 p.m. Panel Discussion 2 – Legal Implications

Seamus C. Duffy
Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Pamela Gilbert
Partner, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP
Washington, D.C. Counsel, Cellphone Early Termination Fee Cases pending in Superior Court in Alameda County, California

Christopher Guttman-McCabe
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs
CTIA

Chris Murray
Senior Counsel
Consumers Union

Alan R. Plutzik
Attorney, Bransom, Plutzik, Mahler & Birkhaeuser, LLP
Counsel of Record for Wireless Consumers Alliance in FCC Docket Nos. 05-193 and 05-194

Christopher J. Wright
Partner, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis LLP

1:15 p.m. Closing Remarks

1:30 p.m. Adjournment

The Public Hearing will be immediately followed by an Open Meeting at which the Commission will consider:

1) a Report and Order concerning the current 5-year registration period for Do-Not-Call Registry,

2) a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on issues concerning the provision of Speech-to-Speech, a form of Telecommunications Relay Service,

3) a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Concerning a Ten-Digit Numbering Plan for Internet-Based TRS, and

4) an Order that would address the Skype Communications S.A.R.L. Petition to Confirm a Consumer's Right to Use Internet Communications Software and Attach Devices to Wireless Networks.

Admission is free; you pay at the door. There's plenty of seats; you sit on the floor...
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-282728A1.doc