DC Circuit Sets Timetable in NARUC Case Against FCC VoIP Numbering Order

A court set a briefing schedule running through June on NARUC's challenge to an FCC order allowing interconnected VoIP providers to obtain phone numbers directly from numbering administrators (see 1601050050). NARUC's brief is due April 4; the FCC's response is due May 19; intervenor's (Vonage) brief supporting the commission is due May 26; NARUC's reply brief is due June 9; and final briefs (which include an appendix) are due June 30, said an order Wednesday from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in NARUC v. FCC, No. 15-1497. The order noted that oral argument is typically at least 45 days after briefing is completed.