WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Federal Communications Commission has issued a rule called: Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on Aug. 26 by Marlene Dortch, Secretary.

Summary: In this document, a Fifth Report and Orderadopted 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...