Ms. Hoyle has extensive experience in telecommunications regulatory compliance. After serving in-house in the competitive telecommunications industry for 20 years, she now serves as a Senior Regulatory Compliance Consultant with The Commpliance Group, the regulatory compliance administration and consulting affiliate of The CommLaw Group.

Ms. Hoyle services a wide range of compliance-related matters on behalf of a broad range of service providers. Ms. Hoyle has worked for Inmate Phone Providers, Pay Telephone Providers, Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECS, both Resale and UNE-based), domestic and international long distance providers (IXCs), and wireless providers.

Additional information regarding Ms. Hoyle’s professional experiences is available through LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/danahoyle

Ms. Hoyle has particular expertise in the following areas:

• Market entry for both domestic and international communications providers
• Compliance with state and FCC regulations
• Regulatory treatment and classification of technologies
• Traditional wireline telecommunications services, including domestic & international Long Distance (IXC) and Competitive Local Exchange (CLEC)
• Wireless services
• Mergers and acquisitions
• History of the evolution of the telecommunications industry through public policy and regulation

Experience

Ms. Hoyle has a wealth of experience assisting telecommunications companies with a wide range of issues, including:

• Obtaining FCC and state authorizations for local, long distance, international, operator and pre-paid telecom services; draft, prepare, file and maintain telecommunications tariffs; provide information pertinent to any state and federal regulatory developments; cultivating close working relationships with FCC and state commission staff to aid client interests;
• Performing regulatory audits to include development/implementation of compliance processes and procedures to ensure compliance with changing regulatory environment nationwide.
• Ensuring compliance in the formation, operations, and mergers and acquisitions of telecommunications carriers.
• Negotiating interconnection agreements.
• Participating in state rulemaking, declaratory rulings, and other policy proceedings before a number of state regulatory agencies
• Testified before various Public Utilities Commissions across the US
• Manage the implementation of routine and complex regulatory filings associated with corporate transactions, including: transfers of control and assignments of authorization, establishment and discontinuance of FCC 214, and asset and customer base transfers;
• Established processes and procedures to ensure compliance with changing regulatory environment nationwide.
• Resolving carrier access disputes, both billing and technical disputes, through thorough understanding and application of the interconnection agreement.
• Participated in lobbying activities and telecommunications advocacy groups.
• Managed and recovered complex regulatory compliance issues, saving millions of dollars in fines and penalties.