We’re a new VoIP provider. In what order do we get an FRN, a 499 Filer ID and an RMD listing?

The sequence

1. FCC Username and business-type FRN in CORES. The RMD form cannot be submitted with an individual-type FRN (FCC filing instructions). Keep CORES data current within 10 business days (47 CFR § 1.8002(b)(2)).
2. Form 499 registration with USAC, which issues the 499 Filer ID, “upon beginning to provide service, but no later than 30 days after,” with an agent for service of process in the District of Columbia. If you started before registering, you file Forms 499-A for every prior year (2026 Form 499-A instructions; § 64.1195).
3. Your RMD filing: certification, mitigation plan and an officer’s e-signature. Until it appears, providers must refuse the calls you send them directly (§ 64.6305(g)).
4. Numbers. An interconnected VoIP provider applying to the FCC for direct access to numbers must certify that it has filed in the RMD (§ 52.15(g)(3)(ii)(D)); the VoIP numbering fee is $1,560 (§ 1.1105). Otherwise numbers come through your wholesale provider.
5. SPC token, if you will sign calls. The FCC describes the Governance Authority’s policy as requiring a current Form 499-A, an OCN or Resp Org ID, and an RMD listing, and has proposed a temporary exemption for providers still obtaining a token; that is not yet a rule (FCC 26-49).

Then the yearly calendar

• March 1: RMD recertification, starting the year after your first filing (§ 64.6305(h); FCC FAQ 17), and, if the CPNI rules apply to you, the CPNI certification for the prior calendar year (§ 64.2009(e)).
• April 1: Form 499-A. February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1: Form 499-Q, for universal service contributors (DA 25-1064).
• Within 10 business days of a change: RMD and CORES updates. Within one week: Form 499 registration changes (§ 64.1195(g)).

Last reviewed: September 30, 2026

General information drawn from the rule text and the FCC documents listed below — not legal advice. You review, sign and submit your own filings.