IUB Schedules Telecom Authority Workshop
The Iowa Utilities Board set a Dec. 13 workshop on draft legislation to change statutory telecom rules, including an expansion of what telecommunications services and providers the board may regulate. The partially virtual event starts at noon CST, the IUB…
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said Wednesday in docket NOI-2021-0002. CTIA raised concerns Oct. 29 that the draft bill is “a seemingly unprompted reversal of course” on prior decisions to deregulate wireless, “which could harm consumers and dissuade investment.” Proposed changes are “unnecessary, violate federal law, and are preempted,” AT&T warned. The carrier specifically opposed adding wireless and interconnected VoIP to the state definition of telecommunications service provider. Giving IUB broadband and wireless authority “raises legal and policy concerns,” Lumen said. The Office of Consumer Advocate supported a technology-neutral definition of regulated telecom services. “Customers may not be aware of, or even care, which type of technology is carrying their telephonic communications. The important concern for customers is that their calls are completed with good service quality.”