This is BeyondTelecomLawBlog’s first annual Telecom Legal/Policy Projections for the New Year. While multiple policy and legislative initiatives were launched in 2010 and 2011, we expect the courts, the FCC and Congress to define the scope of these initiatives in 2012.
Net Neutrality Order Heading for Reversal in Court of Appeals. Assuming the D.C. Circuit
The FCC has announced it will adopt a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Thursday October 27, 2011, approving significant changes to its Universal Service Fund program and its rules on intercarrier compensation. In this entry, we project several outcomes for this proceeding.
Broadly speaking, we believe the “ABC Plan” offered