FCC Seeks Continued Court Hold on Tech Transition Case, Pending Wireline Broadband Action
The FCC asked a court to continue to hold in abeyance a technology transition case while the agency considers related wireline broadband issues. The agency said USTelecom challenged a regulatory interpretation of Communications Act Section 214 in two tech transition…
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orders. "The Commission has initiated a rulemaking in which it proposes to reverse the statutory interpretation it adopted in those orders," said an FCC status report (in Pacer) Tuesday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in USTelecom v. FCC, No. 15-1414. It noted the comment period for the wireline infrastructure deployment rulemaking closed July 17 (see 1706160041 and 1707170047), and added: "The FCC’s staff currently is reviewing the record ... and will prepare a draft order to present to the Commissioners for a vote." The FCC is interested in taking infrastructure deployment actions by year-end, said Jonathan Adelstein, CEO of the Wireless Infrastructure Association and a member of the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee, Friday (see 1708180043).