FCC Asks Court to Lift Hold, Review ILEC Case Against Unsubsidized Voice USF Duties
The FCC asked a court to resume its review of AT&T and CenturyLink challenges to 2014 and 2015 orders granting ILECs only partial forbearance from telecom regulations that left them subject to unsubsidized USF voice obligations. The U.S. Court of…
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Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Feb. 7 granted an FCC request to hold the case in abeyance while the agency's new leadership considered its course (see 1702070026). "The Commission has now decided to proceed with this litigation. The FCC therefore respectfully moves the Court to remove these cases from abeyance, and to proceed with scheduling argument at the Court’s convenience," said an FCC motion (in Pacer) to the court Friday in AT&T; CenturyLink v. FCC (No. 15-1038).