In affirming the FCC’s Data Roaming Order, the D.C. Circuit rebuffed Verizon’s efforts to squash any obligation to enter into roaming agreements with competing wireless carriers. In Cellco Partnership v. FCC, No. 11-1135 (D.C. Cir. Dec. 4, 2012) (“Cellco”), the court found that the Commission had ample authority under Title III
Following the Department of Justice’s conditional approval of the spectrum transaction, including the so-called “Commercial Agreements,” under which Verizon Wireless acquires the AWS-1 licenses of by Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House networks via Spectrum Co and those of Cox Communications, the FCC granted its consent to these license assignments and related applications calling
In theory, the basic direction of domestic telecommunications policy is set by Congress and implemented through rulemaking proceedings, principally before the FCC. The reality is that Congress moves at a glacial pace in enacting telecommunications legislation and the FCC often struggles with vexing issues such as whether the special access market is competitive and how