Verizon Prods CPUC on Tracfone

Verizon and Tracfone pressed an aide to California Public Utilities Commission President Marybel Batjer for a proposed decision on their combining by Aug. 10, or at latest Sept. 1, in a July 20 videoconference, said a Friday filing in docket A.20-11-001. “A PD issued by early September would allow a decision to be voted on in early October but that further delays in the issuance of a PD creates too many risks for a delayed decision.” FCC OK “could be issued at any time,” it said. The carriers made a similar request to an aide to another CPUC commissioner last month (see 2107020017). Separately, in Dish Network’s complaint about T-Mobile shuttering its CDMA network, CPUC Administrative Law Judge Karl Bemesderfer said he won’t consider scheduling a status conference until the ALJ returns from vacation Aug. 2. Bemesderfer replied Thursday on the A.18-07-011 service list to an email by iCommLaw’s Anita Taff-Rice, Dish outside counsel, asking for a July 26 or 27 conference to talk about next steps including possible evidentiary hearing.