DC Circuit Grants FCC Motion to Delay Review of BDS Tariff Order Case

A court granted an FCC request to suspend review of challenges to its 2015 business data service (BDS) tariff investigation order prohibiting certain practices by AT&T, CenturyLink, Frontier Communications and Verizon (see 1604280057). The commission was directed to file a status report on 60-day intervals starting April 24, said the brief order (in Pacer) Thursday of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in AT&T v. FCC, No. 16-1145 and consolidated cases. The agency filed a motion to hold the case in abeyance to give it more time to decide on its course. The court in another order (in Pacer) granted motions to intervene filed by the Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee, CenturyLink, Level 3, Sprint and Incompas.