USTelecom Withdraws Dark Fiber Transport Element From Forbearance Petition
The FCC accepted a USTelecom request to withdraw one aspect of its 2018 forbearance petition, the agency said Tuesday. USTelecom filed a request Monday to narrowly withdraw the "dark fiber transport unbundling requirements" portion of a larger forbearance petition, in…
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docket 18-141, which sought relief from three categories of requirements for competitive LECs (see 1807160058). The Wireline Bureau granted the group's request to withdraw "without prejudice as to further action, including re-filing claims relating to dark fiber." FCC commissioners are expected to vote on an order at the July 10 meeting on the other elements of the USTelecom forbearance petition on making unbundled network elements (such as DS1 and DS2 transport loops) available to CLECs at nonmarket rates (see 1906180053).