Telcos, Others Ask FCC to Repeal Regulations as Part of Biennial Review
Wireline and wireless telcos and others asked the FCC to repeal various rules as part of its latest "biennial review" of telecom regulations. USTelecom said the FCC had given "short shift" to its statutory biennial review mandate despite rapidly changing…
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technology and markets. "This biennial should be a searching review and reevaluation of the Commission’s legacy rules to ensure that they do not interfere with the drive to build and upgrade broadband infrastructure," USTelecom said in a filing posted Tuesday in docket 16-132 on Wireline Bureau rules. The ILEC trade group also made filings in dockets 16-128 and 16-131, and others filed in docket 16-138. Also filing were CenturyLink, CTIA, Mobile Future, Verizon, Sprint, Fast DAS and United Utilities. Republican Commissioners Ajit Pai -- who many expect to be the next FCC chairman, at least on an acting basis -- and Michael O'Rielly recently said the agency should be more assertive in its regulatory review (see 1611030042).