Broadcom completed its takeover of CA Technologies, the buyer announced Monday. The deal was worth almost $19 billion and got antitrust clearance (see 1810150043). Citing the importance of mainframes to large enterprises and the computers processing 30 billion transactions daily and $7 trillion of credit card payments annually, it said it's a "stable market opportunity."

Sprint asked the FCC to launch an IP Relay service rulemaking to establish a "sustainable ratemaking methodology," as a three-year price-cap period ends with the 2018-19 funding year. The agency "should move away" from the current methodology, "which fails to account for all of the costs that Sprint reasonably incurs," said a petition posted Friday: "A hybrid rate methodology that is based on a combination of the Multistate Average Rate Structure ('MARS') and provider costs" will "enable Deaf, hard-of-hearing, and DeafBlind consumers to continue to" access the "critical" relay service, consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

At the North American Numbering Council meeting Dec. 4, working groups will report on progress toward recommendations for NANC to consider, and the full advisory committee will continue discussing how to "modernize and foster more efficient number administration," said an FCC public notice in Thursday's Daily Digest. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room, and the agenda could change.

Broadband homes that don’t intend to buy a smart home device due to security and privacy concerns jumped from 21 percent in Q1 2017 to 32 percent this Q1, Parks Associates blogged Wednesday. A quarter of U.S. broadband households strongly agree it’s impossible to keep their personal data away from unauthorized users. Consumers own an average of 8.6 connected CE products, up 87 percent since 2010, said analyst Chris O’Dell, noting that connected devices using cloud-based servers can provide easy targets for hackers.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday it won’t reconsider (in Pacer) a September opinion in Jordan Marks v. Crunch San Diego, No. 14-56834, with broad definition of "automatic telephone dialing system" under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. The full court must still decide whether to hear the case en banc.

A judge stayed his review of cases against California's net neutrality law after the state agreed not to enforce the law while challenges to the FCC's net neutrality reversal order are pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit or the Supreme Court (see 1810260045). Further proceedings on the DOJ and ISP cases "shall be stayed until the later of the following: (a) the D.C. Circuit issues its opinion in the petitions for review currently pending in Mozilla Corp. v. FCC, Nos. 18-1051 et al. (D.C. Cir.) and the period for seeking further review from the D.C. Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court has expired; or (b) a final decision has been issued by the D.C. Circuit or the U.S. Supreme Court in response to any petition for rehearing or certiorari, either denying such petition or issuing a final decision," said Friday's order (in Pacer) of Judge John Mendez of the U.S. District Court for Eastern California.

Staff doesn’t oppose Crown Castle’s application for a statewide telecom certificate at the South Carolina Public Service Commission, the South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff said Monday in docket 2018-272-C. Rural phone companies conditionally agreed not to oppose the application (see 1809250015).

Commercial products exist that could potentially fill the reassigned numbers database need the FCC is trying to fill, contact management services company Ontario Systems told an Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis staffer, according to a docket 17-59 posting Thursday. Ontario also urged safe harbor protection against Telephone Consumer Protection Act litigation for callers using the FCC database, saying it would promote caller adoption and allow tech providers like Ontario to integrate it.

Oppositions are due Nov. 9, replies Nov. 19 to petitions to reconsider an FCC August order and ruling aimed at removing barriers to pole attachments for broadband deployment (see 1808020034), said a notice in Thursday's Federal Register. The Coalition of Concerned Utilities (here) asked the commission to revisit pole-attachment rate and process changes in the order (see 1810160031). Smart Communities and Special Districts Coalition (here), County Road Association of Michigan (here) and New York City (here) sought reconsideration of a pre-emption ruling, with the latter also targeting part of the order (see 1809110009). A proposed rule for Friday's FR sets comments for Dec. 10, replies Jan. 9 (timetable) on an NPRM proposing to ensure direct-dial 911 calling from centralized phone systems in multiline buildings and campuses under Kari's Law. It seeks comment on ensuring "dispatchable location" information is conveyed with emergency calls, under Ray Baum's Act (see 1809260047).

FCC staff cleared IM Telecom's amended Lifeline wireless compliance plan as part of the provider's sale from Trevan Morrow to KonaTel Parent, said a Wireline Bureau public notice in docket 11-42 and Wednesday's Daily Digest. It said IM Telecom (also known as Infiniti Mobile) provides Lifeline service in seven states.