On August 29, 2023, the FCC released a Fact Sheet on regulatory fees for wireless licensees for Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2023. As a reminder, regulatory fees must be received by the FCC no later than 11:59 PM, Eastern Time, on September 20, 2023.
The Fact Sheet reiterates that CMRS licensees are required to pay regulatory fees for licenses held as of October 1, 2022, even if a license expired after that date. Regulatory fees are assessed based on the number of telephone numbers or subscriber counts as reported in a carrier’s Numbering Resource Utilization Forecast report as of December 31, 2022. Subscriber counts may be viewed in CORES. If there is an error in the subscriber count, a request to revise the subscriber count must be submitted by September 15, 2023. CMRS Cellular and Mobile services have a fee rate of $0.16 per subscriber and CMRS messaging services have a fee rate of $0.08 per subscriber.
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