Despite losing a request for forbearance from access charge regulation in six markets last week, a federal court has upheld a 2006 vote by the Federal Communications Commission that resulted in Verizon being granted forbearance in other markets. That 2006 vote actually was a tie among voting commissioners, but under FCC guidelines, a tie or inability to take decisive action under deadline means that a petition is actually approved. Many carriers opposed the action-by-inaction, and Sprint Nextel challenged it in court, to no avail, as it turns out.
For more:
- read this update in eWeek