FCC accused of colluding with Big Cable to game 5G legal challenge

Chair of the House Commerce chair, Frank Pallone, has sent a letter to FCC chair Ajit Pai asking for copies of communications between the FCC and the big telcos regarding legal challenges to the regulator’s 5G order, which forces local governments to charge a flat fee for installing new base stations. In effect, the letter alleges that FCC staff – almost certainly from Pai’s office – put pressure on the big telcos to challenge an order that is designed to benefit them as a way of gaming the judicial system so the case didn’t end up in a court likely to overturn it. The West Coast cities challenged the decision to move the case to the Tenth Circuit and argued it should be heard in California where a similar case against the FCC and 5G was already being heard.

Source: www.theregister.co.uk