Reasons Why You Can't Afford to Miss COMPTEL PLUS
Are you ready to experience the premier networking event of 2015? Make plans to attend the COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2015 Business Expo, taking place in San Francisco October 18-21.

Designed with you in mind, COMPTEL PLUS allows you to meet, network and close deals with future business partners. Here are a few of the features to elevate your experience:

The Deal Center: Located right on the show floor, so you are never far from the action, including presentations from our exhibitor, panel discussions and debates in the Hub.
New, Revamped Show Floor: Featuring four Networking Zones where you can focus on the Network, Over-the-Top, Data Center & Cloud, and Global platforms.
Learn the Future of our Business: Stay ahead of topics that are changing your business: Internet of Things, Sales & Marketing, Customer Enterprise/Experience, Investor Panel, Data Security, the Future of TV and more!
Industry Leaders: COMPTEL member companies and industry leaders will present an exciting vision of the future of the association and the industry.

Stay at the Official COMPTEL PLUS Hotel for Convenient Access
Book your hotel room at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, the official host hotel for COMPTEL PLUS. Make your reservation before September 23 to receive the COMPTEL preferred rate!

Register today for this highly anticipated networking event.

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AT THE FCC

FCC Addresses Continuity of 911 Services
In a report and order approved on August 6, the FCC took important steps to ensure continued public confidence in the availability of 911 service in the event of power outages.

Under the new rules, providers of facilities-based, fixed,residential voice service that is not line-powered will be required to ensure that a technical solution for eight hours of standby backup power is available for consumers to purchase at the point of sale. Within three years, these providers also will be required to offer an option for 24
hours of standby backup power. The decision to purchase backup power will be up to consumers. They will not be forced to purchase or pay for equipment they do not want.

The rules also require these providers to inform both new and current customers about service limitations during electric outages and the steps they can take to address those risks, including how to keep their service operational during a multi-day power outage.

FCC Chairman Proposes New Media Rules

In a blog entitled "Upgrading Media Rules to Better Serve Consumers in Today's Video Marketplace," FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler discussed orders and proposals he circulated on August 12 that are designed fulfill a mandate from Congress to modernize rules regarding the satellite, cable and broadcast television markets.

Chairman Wheeler said that the Commission's work is intended to accomplish pro-consumer ends, including:

Adopting a process by which parties may seek modification of a TV station's local television market to add or delete communities in order to better reflect market realities.
A notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to review the so-called "totality of the circumstances test" for good faith negotiations over retransmission of broadcast TV signals. Such negotiations have sometimes led to stand-offs and temporary blackouts for pay TV customers.

To read more about the Chairman's proposals, click here.

WEBINAR PROGRAM

GSAssociates to Host Aug. 26 Webinar with OneBill on

"Billing, Taxation and Compliance - Why Outsource?"
If your company is a complex subscription business, you likely have challenges and concerns around revenue management, taxation and compliance. Working these issues in-house may not result in the performance improvements you desire.

Join Matt LaHood, CEO of COMPTEL member GSAssociates, LLC, and OneBill Software's Founder and CEO JK Chelladurai and CSO Anna Kennedy for a webinar, illustrating the benefits of outsourcing these activities and how it can reduce pressure on your billing and taxation department.

During the webinar - entitled "Billing, Taxation and Compliance - Why Outsource?" - you will learn:

How to reduce risk and cost in your back office;
What full-lifecycle revenue management can offer to close the gaps and improve your metrics;
How to understand your taxation footprint and work towards compliance - quickly; and
How outsourced solutions can streamline operations, reduce risk and maximize revenue and margins.

The FREE, live webinar will take place on August 26 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. To register, click here.

COMPTEL PLUS

Show Daily News Due by Friday, October 9

The COMPTEL PLUS Show Daily is a magazine featuring news from the COMPTEL PLUS Fall 2015 Business Expo, which will hit the newsstands at the Marriott Marquis on the mornings of Monday, October 19, and Tuesday, October 20. Exhibitors, sponsors and COMPTEL members are invited to submit news for the Show Daily by Friday, October 9, 5 p.m. ET.

Show Daily Submission Guidelines

All press releases or news items should be sent via e-mail as a Word document. Accompanying graphics should be JPEG format, with a resolution of 300 dpi or better.
Please put "COMPTEL PLUS SHOW DAILY" in the e-mail subject line when sending news.
To be considered for inclusion, news must either be announced at the show, or within days prior to it. All news sent to Show Daily editors will be held under embargo until the official release date.
COMPTEL PLUS exhibitors, sponsors and advertisers will be given space priority in the Show Daily. COMPTEL members who are not exhibitors or sponsors at the COMPTEL PLUS Spring show are invited to submit their news, which will be published on a space-available basis. The Show Daily editorial staff makes every effort to include all news sent to them by the editorial deadline.
News submissions received via e-mail after October 9, or onsite during COMPTEL PLUS, will be included in the Show Daily solely on a space available basis.

All news releases and accompanying press materials and graphics should be e-mailed directly to Show Daily Editor Tara Seals. For questions, she can be reached at 413-313-8863. Please copy Gail Norris when sending news releases.

Companies wishing to advertise in the Show Daily should e-mail Publisher Berge Kaprelian or call 480-503-0770.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS

All COMPTEL Committee meetings are held at the association's headquarters, 1200 G St NW, Suite 350, Washington, DC 20005, unless otherwise noted. All times listed are Eastern. For more information, call 202-296-6650.

August 18 Regulatory/Legislative Committee Meeting

2 p.m. Contact Karen Reidy

August 25 Regulatory/Legislative Committee Meeting

2 p.m. Contact Karen Reidy