DC Circuit to Hear NARUC Case Against FCC VoIP Numbering Order on Feb. 8
A court set Feb. 8 oral argument on NARUC's challenge to the FCC's VoIP numbering order. The three-judge panel to hear the case is usually revealed 30 days before the argument, said a short order (in Pacer) Thursday from the…
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which is reviewing NARUC v. FCC, No. 15-1497. NARUC argues the FCC couldn't give interconnected VoIP providers direct rights to phone numbering resources without classifying them as telecom carriers providing telecom service under Title II of the Communications Act (see 1604050013). The FCC and DOJ defended the commission's 2015 order as a "common-sense approach to telephone numbering" that eliminated needless telecom carrier middlemen, and they cited procedural and statutory arguments (see 1605200002). Intervenor Vonage also defended the order (see 1605260058).