[SFDXA] FCC Requires That FRN Contact Information Be Updated Within Ten Days of a Change

[Bill]

*FCC Requires That FRN Contact Information Be Updated Within Ten Days of 
a Change*

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ARRL reports that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted 
changes to its rules to require that every holder of an FCC Registration 
Number (FRN) update their contact information in the CORES 
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system (email and postal addresses) within ten business days of a change.

Because every FCC licensee—including amateur radio operators—must have 
an FRN to file applications, this requirement applies to all licensed 
amateurs. FRN contact information is handled separately and apart from 
contact information related to a license in the License Manager System 
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Both records must be kept up-to-date, and each requires a separate update.

Until now, no specific deadline existed for updating FRN or license 
contact information. Instead, the amateur rules at sections 97.21 and 
97.23 provide that a license may be suspended or revoked “if FCC 
correspondence is returned as undeliverable because of an incorrect 
address/email.” These provisions remain in effect as well as the 10-day 
deadline applicable to FRN information.

If your FRN information is current and has not changed, no immediate 
action is required, but you must adhere to the 10-day rule for future 
changes. It is recommended to periodically check both the CORES 
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and License Manager Systems 
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to ensure contact information is accurate, even if no changes have occurred.

The new deadline [section 1.8002(b)(2) of the Commission’s Rules] became 
effective on February 5 as part of a proceeding that was limited to 
further constraining robocalls. Although the proceeding focused on 
robocall issues, the 10-day update requirement applies broadly to all 
FRN holders. On February 6 the FCC confirmed in a Public Notice that the 
new deadline applies to all FRN holders. The amendment replaces language 
adopted in 2001 that required FRN holders to keep their contact 
information up-to-date but had not imposed a deadline for doing so.

Numerous requests for clarification from non-robocaller interests led 
the FCC to issue a Public Notice on February 6 
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(see also PDF 
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clarifying that fines imposed on those subject to the robocall rules for 
not keeping contact information up-to-date do NOT apply to licensees 
such as radio amateurs, but that the 10-day deadline does apply to all 
FRN holders.

See the following resources for updating FRN and license information.

FCC Tutorial on updating FRN information:

*https://apps.fcc.gov/cores/html/Update_FRN_Information.htm 
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ARRL information on how to update license information:

*https://www.arrl.org/call-sign-renewals-or-changes 
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*For assistance, call the FCC FRN Help Desk:* (877) 480-3201 (available 
8 AM to 6 PM ET).

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