FCC 'Harmonizes' Separations, Accounting Rules, Allowing 'Simpler' Processes for All Telcos
The FCC revised Part 36 jurisdictional separations rules to let all telecom carriers "use the simpler" processes previously reserved for smaller carriers. "We harmonize our Part 36 rules with the Commission’s previous amendments to our Part 32 accounting rules," said…
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a unanimous order released Wednesday in docket 14-130. The amendments "further our goal of updating and modernizing our rules to eliminate outdated compliance burdens on carriers," it said. Commissioner Mike O'Rielly said federal-state joint board members "may disagree on how to pursue long-term separations reform," but he's "encouraged by the Commission’s progress on extending the existing separations freeze." He looks forward to "further actions to eliminate unnecessary and technologically-irrelevant separations burdens."