CPUC Won’t Oppose T-Mobile’s Motion to Stay District Court Proceedings in USF Case

The California Public Utilities Commission won’t oppose T-Mobile’s May 15 motion to stay or hold in abeyance the district court’s review of the carrier’s challenge of the agency’s change to a per-line USF surcharge, pending the 9th Circuit’s resolution of T-Mobile’s appeal of that change (see 2305160003), said the CPUC. It filed its statement of non-opposition Wednesday (docket 3:23-cv-00483) in U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Francisco. CPUC Assistant General Counsel Jonathan Koltz based the non-opposition on T-Mobile counsel’s assurances the carrier would comply with the surcharge until its appeals are exhausted, as it has done since the surcharge took effect April 1, said his declaration.