CommLaw Monitor

News and analysis from Kelley Drye’s communications practice group

FCC Considering Partial Grant of Regulatory Forbearance for Incumbent Carriers

Among the items being considered at the upcoming April 12, 2019 Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”) open meeting is possible regulatory forbearance of certain legacy regulatory and structural…

The FCC Deregulates Most Business Data Services

Ending a decade-long examination of incumbent carrier special access and related services, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC), on April 28, 2017, released a Report & Order (the Order) setting…

CompTel Asks Court to Compel Action on Special Access

Since 2002, purchasers of special access services from the incumbent local telephone companies have been asking the FCC to revise its pricing rules for the services. Last month, CompTel (the leading trade association…