The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected Verizon’s request that the panel of judges who heard the Comcast case and ruled in April against the commission be assigned to its challenge of the FCC’s net neutrality order. The court has yet to rule on a motion asking the court to accept the case. Other challenges to the order, approved 3-2 in December, are considered likely, including from net neutrality supporters who want tougher rules.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected Verizon’s request that the panel of judges who heard the Comcast case and ruled in April against the commission be assigned to its challenge of the FCC’s net neutrality order. The court has yet to rule on a motion asking the court to accept the case. Other challenges to the order, approved 3-2 in December, are considered likely, including from net neutrality supporters who want tougher rules.
A senior FCC official said Friday Verizon and MetroPCS filed challenges to the net neutrality rules too early, because the text of the order hasn’t been published in the Federal Register. The commission asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to put off a deadline to respond to a motion by Verizon that the case go to the panel that heard the Comcast case.
A senior FCC official said Friday Verizon and MetroPCS filed challenges to the net neutrality rules too early, because the text of the order hasn’t been published in the Federal Register. The commission asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to put off a deadline to respond to a motion by Verizon that the case go to the panel that heard the Comcast case.
Four months after the FCC approved final white spaces rules Sept. 23, the Office of Engineering and Technology said nine companies have been selected as geolocation database providers. The order was announced quietly, compared to the fanfare that marked the September order. But it marks a critical step toward the sale of the first devices designed to use the TV band to surf the Internet.
Four months after the FCC approved final white spaces rules Sept. 23, the Office of Engineering and Technology said nine companies have been selected as geolocation database providers. The order was announced quietly, compared to the fanfare that marked the September order. But it marks a critical step toward the sale of the first devices designed to use the TV band to surf the Internet.
MetroPCS will file a legal challenge to the FCC’s Dec. 21 net neutrality order in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the carrier said. The lawsuit is patterned on Verizon’s challenge filed last week in the same court (CD Jan 21 p1). The company filed a notice of appeal through its law firm Paul, Hastings.
MetroPCS will file a legal challenge to the FCC’s Dec. 21 net neutrality order in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the carrier said. The lawsuit is patterned on Verizon’s challenge filed last week in the same court. The company filed a notice of appeal through its law firm Paul, Hastings.
Verizon said late Thursday it filed a notice of appeal to the net neutrality order of Dec. 21, of which it had repeatedly signaled its opposition, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The telco filed even before the order was published in the Federal Register.
Verizon said late Thursday it filed a notice of appeal to the net neutrality order of Dec. 21, of which it had repeatedly signaled its opposition, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The telco filed even before the order was published in the Federal Register.