Communications Daily is a Warren News publication.

The FCC circulated Friday a draft order on Verizon’s petition for...

The FCC circulated Friday a draft order on Verizon’s petition for unbundling rules forbearance in Rhode Island, commission officials told us. It’s not clear what the draft recommends. It’s expected that meetings with Verizon and competitive local exchange carriers…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!

will heat up this week. The FCC is under a statutory deadline to rule by May 15 on the petition. If it comes out soon, a decision on a Verizon challenge that’s pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit could influence the final order (CD April 7 p8). Verizon is challenging a 2007 FCC order denying it unbundling relief in Providence and five other markets.