FCC Information Collection Under Discontinuance Rules, NGSO Order Cleared by OMB

FCC information collection under revised discontinuance rules was approved by the Office of Management and Budget for three years, said an announcement in Monday's Federal Register. The rule said disclosure requirements in a November wireline infrastructure order aim to help implement parts of Communications Act sections 222(e) and 251, and to eliminate telecom market operational barriers, especially to copper retirements and service upgrades (see 1711160032). The information will be used to implement LECs' duties to give competitors dialing parity and nondiscriminatory access to certain services and functionalities, ILECs' duty to disclose network information, and numbering information, the rule said. Another FCC rule prepared for Tuesday's FR says OMB approved for three years information collection associated with a commission order "updating, clarifying and streamlining its rules on non-geostationary satellite orbit, fixed satellite service systems to better reflect current technology and promote additional operational flexibility." It said related rule changes under the September order (see 1709260035) take effect May 31.