USTelecom and Incompas jointly asked the FCC to allow parties to make public aggregated data derived from industry filings in the agency's special access business broadband rulemaking, which the commission has prohibited as confidential or highly confidential information subject to a protective order. USTelecom and some ILECs previously made such requests (see 1602230057 and 1601290053), but Incompas represents CLECs and wireless critics of the ILECs, giving the telco request broader backing. In a filing posted Monday in docket 05-25, USTelecom and Incompas want parties to be able to include in their public comments and filings “numerical, statistical, and graphical descriptions of data aggregated at the national level, including the presence of providers and their facilities,” with data allowed to be aggregated for industry segments such as ILECs, CLECs and cable, but not for single providers such as Level 3. They also asked that parties be able to make public such data aggregated at a regional level and for metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), states, or urban, suburban or rural areas, without identifying the particular MSAs, states, or areas. They asked that the data descriptions be allowed "at the national, regional, anonymized MSA or other anonymized location or circuit level concerning the adequacy and completeness of the data.” They provided examples for each of the categories listed, but said the list wasn't meant to be exhaustive and asked the FCC to confirm there may be other categories of nonconfidential aggregated data that could be filed in the public record. They also said the category lists were included only to clarify the requests, not to mean that either group was expressing a view as to their “relevance or probative value.” USTelecom further asked that the commission encourage all parties to review the redactions in their comments or filings "to remove any improper redactions of non-confidential information, consistent with the categories on the list (as those categories may be revised and approved by the FCC), and to resubmit those comments and filings into the public record" to inform the debate. The FCC had no comment.
The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved 12 of 27 amendments Thursday, including proposals on a national unlicensed spectrum strategy and stronger dig-once language, to the bipartisan spectrum bill Mobile Now, before approving S-2555 itself. No roll call votes were necessary. Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters after the markup he plans to proceed, as expected (see 1602250049), to hotline Mobile Now to the Senate floor.
The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved 12 of 27 amendments Thursday, including proposals on a national unlicensed spectrum strategy and stronger dig-once language, to the bipartisan spectrum bill Mobile Now, before approving S-2555 itself. No roll call votes were necessary. Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters after the markup he plans to proceed, as expected (see 1602250049), to hotline Mobile Now to the Senate floor.
The Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved 12 of 27 amendments Thursday, including proposals on a national unlicensed spectrum strategy and stronger dig-once language, to the bipartisan spectrum bill Mobile Now, before approving S-2555 itself. No roll call votes were necessary. Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters after the markup he plans to proceed, as expected (see 1602250049), to hotline Mobile Now to the Senate floor.
Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., will retire from Congress at the end of his term, he said Thursday. He was president of Incompas from 2007 to 2009 when the group was known as Comptel, in between his terms as a lawmaker. He was first elected to Congress in 1994, left in 2001 and then returned to the House in 2013. Salmon attributed his decision to wanting to spend more time with his family.
Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., will retire from Congress at the end of his term, he said Thursday. He was president of Incompas from 2007 to 2009 when the group was known as Comptel, in between his terms as a lawmaker. He was first elected to Congress in 1994, left in 2001 and then returned to the House in 2013. Salmon attributed his decision to wanting to spend more time with his family.
State and federal regulators need to be focused on making broadband work, experts said during a National Regulatory Research Institute webinar Wednesday. The NRRI event expanded on a panel -- with the same participants -- held at a NARUC meeting in Washington last week (see 1602160004).
State and federal regulators need to be focused on making broadband work, experts said during a National Regulatory Research Institute webinar Wednesday. The NRRI event expanded on a panel -- with the same participants -- held at a NARUC meeting in Washington last week (see 1602160004).
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler will give the keynote speech at the Incompas Show April 11, the group announced Monday. The show is scheduled for April 10-13 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, near Washington.
The FCC should resist calls for major special access regulation and uphold incentives for facilities-based competition, NCTA said Friday in a filing weighing in for the first time on the agency’s broad review of the business telecom market and its regulatory framework. The cable group expressly called on the commission to reject “CLEC proposals for substantial new rate regulation.” Meanwhile, CLECs and others continued to make arguments for the FCC to bolster special access regulation, while ILECs opposed those calls. Many parties filed detailed reply comments due Friday in docket 05-25 responding to initial comments (see 1601290053, 1601270072 and 1601260056).