Communications Daily is tracking the lawsuits below involving appeals of FCC actions.

Verizon and Frontier urged the California Public Utilities Commission not to expand the scope of its proceeding on Verizon's purchase of Frontier. The companies met with aides to Commissioners John Reynolds and Darcie Houck, per a filing Thursday. The companies opposed a coalition's request to consider whether they complied with a "right of first offer" rule (see 2502060056). The request is "superficial" and "extraordinary under any circumstances," the ISPs said.

Communications Daily is tracking the lawsuits below involving appeals of FCC actions.

Communications Daily is tracking the lawsuits below involving appeals of FCC actions. New lawsuits since the last update are marked with an *.

A draft order from the California Public Utilities Commission would extend the agency's statutory deadline to amend certain California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) programs. The proposed decision, overseen by Commissioner Darcie Houck, would extend the deadline by one year, until March 5, 2026. "The commission requires time beyond the current statutory deadline to consider party comments and appropriate implementation of any changes," the item said.

A legal challenge to the FCC's over-the-air reception devices (OTARD) rules might face procedural problems, a federal judge said Tuesday. But the three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit also seemed skeptical during oral argument (docket 24-1108) of the commission's creating a "human presence" requirement in its OTARD rules for Indian Peak Properties. The company is appealing an FCC order that denied its petitions for declaratory ruling. Indian Peak was seeking a federal preemption under the OTARD rule of a Rancho Palos Verdes, California, decision to revoke its local permit for the deployment of rooftop antennas on a property (see 2405060035).

Supporters of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act told us they see the Senate Commerce Committee’s strong vote Wednesday to advance its revised version of the measure (S-315) as a positive early step. But they acknowledged the Capitol Hill dynamics that led congressional leaders to scuttle a December bid to pass an earlier version of the measure via a year-end package remains an obstacle. Senate Commerce advanced S-315 on a voice vote, with Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, asking the panel to record him as opposed (see 2502050052).

The Public Safety Spectrum Alliance asked the FCC to reject a petition from the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District requesting that the FCC stay a requirement that 4.9 GHz licensees provide the agency with granular licensing data by June 9 or face cancelation of its licenses (see 2501290032). The PSSA said the petition has no more merit than one from the National Sheriffs’ Association and the California State Sheriffs’ Association (see 2501300025). “Even if Petitioner’s substantive arguments had some merit, which they do not, it is not entitled to a stay because it does not come close to demonstrating that it will suffer irreparable harm absent a stay,” said a filing Thursday in docket 07-100. The transit system's “purported injury” is based on concerns that its license will prohibit expansion of its 4.9 GHz operations and that it would be costly for it to collect and present the data concerning its existing operations, PSSA said. “But the Commission’s express statement that it will entertain waiver requests from licensees seeking to expand operations renders any possible injury speculative -- and provides a path for a remedy, should such alleged injury occur.”

AT&T sought additional time to complete restoration work in parts of California damaged by last summer’s Park Fire. It asked to have until April 19. In addition, the carrier requested that the FCC continue the suspension of its interstate telecommunications services in a “small” part of the state. “AT&T continues to diligently work to restore service, but due to the scale of the damage to AT&T’s facilities, the remote nature of the affected locations, and delays related to winter weather, portions of AT&T’s network remain out of service,” said a filing last week in docket 24-331. AT&T initially filed for a suspension of service in September.

Changes at chip manufacturer Skyworks Solutions: Philip Brace, formerly Lantronix and Inseego, named CEO, replacing Liam Griffin, who remains an adviser for 90 days; Christine King, Henry Schein One, becomes board chair … DCI Group taps Jayne Millerick, ex-office of New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (R), as vice president-governors and attorneys general … America’s Public Television Stations elects to board: Dolores Fernandez Alonso, South Florida PBS, chair; Adrienne Fairwell, South Carolina Educational Television, professional vice chair; Garrett King, Friends of OETA, lay vice chair; trustees: Darren LaShelle, Northern California Public Media; Mary Nelson, Nine PBS; Deborah Smith, Alaska Public Media; Sylvia Strobel, Twin Cities PBS.