Broadband Privacy, USTelecom Bid, Deals Also on Wireline Agenda, DelNero Says
Broadband privacy, a USTelecom forbearance petition and transaction reviews were also on the FCC Wireline Bureau's agenda outlined Wednesday by bureau chief Matt DelNero at an FCBA event (see 1509300068). He said broadband privacy, which flows from the FCC's decision…
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to reclassify broadband under Title II of the Communications Act, is in the "pre-NPRM stage" and involves various bureaus, but his bureau is taking the organizational lead. He noted the USTelecom petition asking the FCC to forbear from applying various regulations to ILECs is due for a commission decision by Jan. 4 (see 1509250046 and 1509160028). DelNero said the bureau was also devoting "a lot of resources" to reviewing pending transactions, including Charter Communications' proposed buys of Bright House Networks and Time Warner Cable.