FCC EXTENDS JURISDICTIONAL-SEPARATIONS FREEZE A YEAR

摘要

The FCC extended a year the freeze on jurisdictional separations and told the Federal-State Joint Board on Separations to prepare a recommendation for how to comprehensively revamp the separations process. "Extending the freeze will provide stability for carriers that must comply with the Commission's separations rules while issues related to comprehensive, permanent reform are considered," an order said. The FCC asked the Joint Board to study whether overhauling separations should await other revamps "or whether it should coincide with such reform," it said. And the FCC asked the Joint Board to consider changes in frozen category relationships and jurisdictional cost allocations factors if the freeze is extended again