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Walden, Blackburn Seek FCC Briefing on USTelecom Wholesale Forbearance Bid, CAF II Auction

House Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., and House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., wrote FCC Chairman Ajit Pai seeking a committee staff briefing on USTelecom's petition for incumbent telco relief from mandatory wholesale unbundling discounts, resale and other…

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duties. Telco rivals, state regulators and consumer advocates say it would undermine competition (see 1808070024). Walden and Blackburn told Pai they also want the FCC to brief the committee on the agency's Connect America Fund Phase II subsidy auction. An FCC spokesman said the agency is working to set the briefing.