Apple CEO Tim Cook noted a “pause in purchases” on iPhones, speaking on the company’s fiscal Q2 earnings call Tuesday. He blamed a lag in buying intent for current iPhones on “earlier and much more frequent reports about future iPhones.” Reports have been circulating for months about the 10th anniversary iPhone with features expected to include an OLED display, no-bezel screen and wireless charging.
Apple CEO Tim Cook noted a “pause in purchases” on iPhones, speaking on the company’s fiscal Q2 earnings call Tuesday. He blamed a lag in buying intent for current iPhones on “earlier and much more frequent reports about future iPhones.” Reports have been circulating for months about the 10th anniversary iPhone with features expected to include an OLED display, no-bezel screen and wireless charging.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., moved Tuesday to file the Senate version of the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act. The bill mirrors the House-passed version of the legislation, lobbyists told us. The Grassley-Feinstein bill and HR-1695, which the House approved last week 378-48, would make register a presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed position with a 10-year term (see 1703230068 and 1704260062). Chatter about HR-1695's Senate companion spread as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., indicated he intends to gather more feedback on additional legislation on Copyright Office modernization.
Now that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit won't hear en banc review of FCC net neutrality regulation (see 1705010038), focus shifts to the Supreme Court. Conventional wisdom is justices are unlikely to grant cert to hear an appeal, especially since the FCC is pursuing a do-over. Some opponents of the order think conventional wisdom could be wrong. Industry parties that sought en banc D.C. Circuit review didn't comment, including USTelecom, CTIA, AT&T, CenturyLink, NCTA, American Cable Association and Alamo Broadband.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., moved Tuesday to file the Senate version of the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act. The bill mirrors the House-passed version of the legislation, lobbyists told us. The Grassley-Feinstein bill and HR-1695, which the House approved last week 378-48, would make register a presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed position with a 10-year term (see 1703230068 and 1704260062). Chatter about HR-1695's Senate companion spread as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., indicated he intends to gather more feedback on additional legislation on Copyright Office modernization.
Now that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit won't hear en banc review of FCC net neutrality regulation (see 1705010038), focus shifts to the Supreme Court. Conventional wisdom is justices are unlikely to grant cert to hear an appeal, especially since the FCC is pursuing a do-over. Some opponents of the order think conventional wisdom could be wrong. Industry parties that sought en banc D.C. Circuit review didn't comment, including USTelecom, CTIA, AT&T, CenturyLink, NCTA, American Cable Association and Alamo Broadband.
Level 3 said Telnyx's wholesale product assertions "appear to reflect a misunderstanding of information" communicated to Telnyx by Level 3's sales staff. Telnyx, a VoIP provider to enterprise customers, recently complained about a lack of access to Level 3's wholesale products and asked the FCC to condition CenturyLink's planned purchase of Level 3 on commitments to offer reasonably priced wholesale services (see 1704180020). "Contrary to Telnyx’s assertions in its ex parte, the transaction through which CenturyLink ... proposes to acquire Level 3 ... has had no bearing on Level 3’s ability or willingness to offer the products in question to Telnyx," said a Level 3 filing in docket 16-403. Level 3 said it discussed its "customer owned telephone number" (COTN) service with Telnyx in Q1, but hadn't made the service widely available and offered it to others only through "individualized negotiations." After the discussions with Telnyx, "Level 3’s product team paused COTN development when it determined that the necessary development resources were not available," the filing said. "Level 3 therefore decided not to offer COTN to Telnyx, or to any other new customer, until additional resources become available," and it communicated its decision to Telnyx March 31. "Level 3 is unaware of any basis for Telnyx’s assertion that 'after the merger the combined CenturyLink will likely not offer the product to competing service providers,'" it said. "To Level 3’s knowledge, no decision has been made regarding whether the combined company will offer COTN. ... The claim that Level 3 declined to sell Telnyx service because of the Transaction is unfounded, and Telnyx’s request that Level 3 be required to sell a non-standard, not generally available product as a condition of the Commission’s approval of the Transaction should be denied."
Level 3 said Telnyx's wholesale product assertions "appear to reflect a misunderstanding of information" communicated to Telnyx by Level 3's sales staff. Telnyx, a VoIP provider to enterprise customers, recently complained about a lack of access to Level 3's wholesale products and asked the FCC to condition CenturyLink's planned purchase of Level 3 on commitments to offer reasonably priced wholesale services (see 1704180020). "Contrary to Telnyx’s assertions in its ex parte, the transaction through which CenturyLink ... proposes to acquire Level 3 ... has had no bearing on Level 3’s ability or willingness to offer the products in question to Telnyx," said a Level 3 filing in docket 16-403. Level 3 said it discussed its "customer owned telephone number" (COTN) service with Telnyx in Q1, but hadn't made the service widely available and offered it to others only through "individualized negotiations." After the discussions with Telnyx, "Level 3’s product team paused COTN development when it determined that the necessary development resources were not available," the filing said. "Level 3 therefore decided not to offer COTN to Telnyx, or to any other new customer, until additional resources become available," and it communicated its decision to Telnyx March 31. "Level 3 is unaware of any basis for Telnyx’s assertion that 'after the merger the combined CenturyLink will likely not offer the product to competing service providers,'" it said. "To Level 3’s knowledge, no decision has been made regarding whether the combined company will offer COTN. ... The claim that Level 3 declined to sell Telnyx service because of the Transaction is unfounded, and Telnyx’s request that Level 3 be required to sell a non-standard, not generally available product as a condition of the Commission’s approval of the Transaction should be denied."
The FCC changed a rule to give rural telcos more flexibility to invest in broadband networks without losing high-cost USF subsidy support. The order approved Thursday by commissioners 3-0 will allow rate-of-return carriers to receive USF support for broadband deployment projects with average location costs that exceed a company's capital expenditure limit if they pay for the excess amounts with their own funds. Under a March 2016 rural USF overhaul order, a company construction project that exceeds that limit loses all its USF support, said commission officials and a news release. Thursday's order granted in part an NTCA petition for reconsideration.
The FCC changed a rule to give rural telcos more flexibility to invest in broadband networks without losing high-cost USF subsidy support. The order approved Thursday by commissioners 3-0 will allow rate-of-return carriers to receive USF support for broadband deployment projects with average location costs that exceed a company's capital expenditure limit if they pay for the excess amounts with their own funds. Under a March 2016 rural USF overhaul order, a company construction project that exceeds that limit loses all its USF support, said commission officials and a news release. Thursday's order granted in part an NTCA petition for reconsideration.