<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">I was under the impression that you need to have a current 499 filing to (1) become STIR/SHAKEN certified and (2) pay the fee each year based on the company's most recent reported 499 revenue?<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">How is Atheral able to operate as a STIR/SHAKEN compliant provider with 5 years of missing 499 filings? Are they paying the fee based on their 2019 revenue?<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">-dr</div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><p>The requirements for RMD changed and you now need to add a lot more information. You only have 14 days to respond to the FCC, but MAKE SURE YOU FILE YOUR 499 CONFIDENTIALLY! We have already learned of incidents where scammers got ahold of company information and attempted to get the company's underlying carriers to change the IP addresses for their SIP trunks so they could hijack their network. We've brought this to the attention of the FBI and FCC, but the FCC's only offer was to file them confidentially. I personally think they're asking for way too much information and stupid to allow anyone's information to be listed on a public site, but until they fix the problem its up to carriers themselves to make sure their information is secure.<br></p><p>Ashley (with Equitel Compliance) and I (BackUP Telecom can help anyone that needs to update their RMDs or get STIR/SHAKEN certified. <br></p><div><p></p><div><span>MARY LOU CAREY </span><br></div><div><span>BackUP Telecom Consulting </span><br></div><div><span>Office: 615-791-9969 </span><br></div><div><span>Cell: 615-796-1111</span><br></div><p></p></div><p><br></p></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>