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TOP OF THE NEWS
COMPTEL PLUS Early Bird Registration Ends Friday
If you're not already a member, join COMPTEL and enjoy additional savings off registration and exhibit fees. For more information on membership, e-mail Kevin Morris.
Hotel rooms at the Aria Resort are selling quickly too! Visit the COMPTEL PLUS website for more information on rates and to reserve your room.If you need a hotel room block of 10 or more rooms, please e-mail Amy Smith at 202-296-6650.
Warning about Unaffiliated Hotel Booking FirmsPlease be advised that neither COMPTEL nor COMPTEL PLUS is affiliated with or works with any third party travel agency or hotel booking service. If you are contacted by such an agency or service offering to provide assistance with booking prepaid hotel accommodations for the Spring 2013 Convention in Las Vegas, we strongly urge you not to provide your credit card or other business or personal information to the agency or service and to book your reservations directly with the Aria Resort & Casino.
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ON CAPITOL HILL
Clyburn Confirmed for Second FCC Term
 FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn was confirmed for a second term on the Federal Communications Commission. Commissioner Clyburn joined the FCC in 2009. Last week's confirmation by the U.S. Senate gives Commissioner Clyburn a full term, ending in 2017.
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COMPTEL PLUS
Eckert Seamans to Sponsor Half-Day Workshop on Interconnection at COMPTEL PLUS in Las Vegas
The workshop, which is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to Noon at the Aria Resort & Casio, will review the ongoing significance of interconnection negotiations and arbitrations under the Telecom Act's Section 251/252 process, and consider the future of Section 251/252 negotiations and arbitrations for competitive carriers. The workshop will address critical topics, including the ILEC attempts to sidestep the Section 251/252 process for SIP interconnection, and whether issuing phone numbers directly to non-carrier VoIP providers will undermine the competitive and consumer protection provisions of the Act. The workshop will include input from competitive providers that have attempted to obtain IP interconnection agreements from incumbent carriers, as well as a discussion of IP interconnection efforts between competitive providers. Topics also will include a review of recent and ongoing interconnection proceedings, ongoing challenges for competitive carriers in the Section 251/252 process and the mechanics of navigating the Section 251/252 process. The panels will be moderated by Jim Falvey, Deanne O'Dell, and Brett Freedson, who are all telecom partners at Eckert Seamans.
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NARUC
Sponsors Sought for Competitors' Reception at NARUC
The NARUC Winter Committee Meetings is taking place in Washington, D.C., February 3-6 and COMPTEL is again planning its popular Competitors' Reception. If your company is interested in sponsoring this event, please e-mail Karen Reidy or call 202-296-6650.
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COMMITTEE MEETINGS
All COMPTEL Committee meetings are held at the Association's headquarters, 900 17th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20006, unless otherwise noted. All times listed are Eastern. For more information, call 202-296-6650.
January 8 Regulatory/Legislative Committee Meeting 2 p.m. Contact Karen Reidy January 15 Regulatory/Legislative Committee Meeting 2 p.m. Contact Karen Reidy
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