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Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment
The Federal Communications Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 26, 2025. It took effect on September 25, 2025.
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What the agency says
In this document, a Fifth Report and Order adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes rules ensuring greater collaboration and cooperation between utilities and attachers, establishing a timeline for large pole attachment requests, revising and improving the pole attachment timeline, and establishing a deadline for the contractor approval process. In addition, the Commission denies in part and grants in part a Petition for Clarification and/or Reconsideration from the Edison Electric Institute of portions of the Commission's December 2023 Fourth Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Finally, the Commission denies a Petition for Reconsideration from the Coalition of Concerned Utilities of a portion of the Fourth Report and Order.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-16332
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- August 26, 2025
- Takes effect
- September 25, 2025
- Dates
- Effective September 25, 2025, except that the amendments to Sec. Sec. 1.1403(b), 1.1411(c) through (k), and 1.1412(a) and (b), (e) of the Commission's rules, which may contain new or modified information collection requirements, will not become effective until the Office of Management and Budget completes review of any information collection requirements that the Wireline Competition Bureau determines is required under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Federal Communications Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date.
- Docket
- WC Docket No. 17-84; FCC 25-38; FR ID 308601
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 1
- Pages
- 31
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