Cable Asks Oregon PUC to Clarify Jurisdiction

Cable urged the Oregon Public Utility Commission to clarify that it’s not expanding authority over interconnected VoIP or commercial mobile radio services through an upcoming order to implement a law requiring those providers to pay into state USF. CMRS and VoIP aren’t telecom services that the PUC regulates, the Oregon Cable Telecommunications Association commented Thursday in docket AR 640. Cable and wireless clashed with traditional telco on broader USF changes earlier last week (see 2010270028).