California ALJ Compels Dish to Respond in T-Mobile/Sprint Review

Dish Network must respond immediately to data requests by the California Public Advocates Office in the Public Utilities Commission’s T-Mobile/Sprint review, CPUC Administrative Law Judge Lee Bemesderfer ruled Tuesday in docket 18-07-011. PAO asked CPUC to compel response (see 1911060021), but Dish said the requests were outside the proceeding's scope, which it argues is limited to the carriers’ original application. Bemesderfer said the requests were within the scope “because they seek information regarding the effect of the new DOJ and FCC commitments on the original application, which falls squarely within the amended scope of this proceeding.” The requests “are not so vague and ambiguous that they cannot be answered,” the ALJ said. Dish declined comment Wednesday.