Charter/TWC/BHN Order Has Error in Interconnection Reporting, Charter Says

The FCC 2016 order approving Charter Communications' buys of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks apparently contains a scrivener's error on who is to do an annual report about Charter compliance with the settlement-free interconnection condition, the buyer said in a docket 16-197 filing Tuesday. The order says the company is to submit a report from the independent compliance officer (ICO), but it surely meant from the company compliance officer, Charter said, since it wouldn't make sense for the company being monitored to submit a report to the FCC from the ICO since all other ICO reports are submitted directly to the agency. The condition as worded also makes Charter reporting on its interconnection compliance incomplete and is inconsistent with all other conditions, the company said. Charter said unless the FCC says otherwise, it will file a report from the company compliance officer and the ICO will submit a compliance report 60 days afterward.