Twilio Asks FCC To Act on Title II Petition
Twilio asked the FCC to expedite its consideration of a petition by the cloud communications company asking the FCC to clarify that messaging services should be regulated under Title II of the Communications Act (see 1510130040). AT&T, CTIA and Verizon…
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opposed the petition in comments last year (see 1511230050). In a Monday filing, Twilio submitted a declaration by Emily Denadel Emery, government relations manager for the company, who said she has monitored carrier blocking of the Twilio service. “Since filing the Petition on August 28, 2015, Twilio has continued to observe a significant increase in the filtering and blocking of text messages,” she wrote. “Since filing the Petition to shed light on the wireless carriers’ message blocking practices, the problem has only worsened.” Twilio said the FCC should act quickly. “Because the wireless carriers are in fact unilaterally limiting their subscribers’ access to the lawful communications they expect to receive, and this unilateral blocking has only worsened, Twilio reiterates its request that its Petition receive expedited consideration,” the company said. The filing hasn't been posted by the FCC.