Verizon’s unacceptably vague ex parte notices “violate the spirit, if...
Verizon’s unacceptably vague ex parte notices “violate the spirit, if not the letter,” of the FCC’s ex parte rules, a telecom law firm said in its own ex parte filing Wednesday (http://xrl.us/bmt7jj). Attorneys from Lukas, Nace -- which often represents…
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small wireless carriers -- argued that Verizon has not provided sufficient information to comply with Section 1.1206 of the FCC rules, which require that “memoranda must contain a summary of the substance of the ex parte presentation and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed.” The notices “filed by Verizon wholly fail to summarize the arguments made and the support offered for those arguments,” the lawyers said of Verizon’s recent ex parte filings regarding the Universal Service Fund/intercarrier compensation order. “We cannot address the options presented by Verizon because we do not know what these options are.” The lawyers want the agency to require Verizon to file a summary of its past meetings that complies with the rules. Verizon takes the FCC’s ex parte rules “seriously” and follows them, a spokesman said.