Federal Communications Commission DA 18-837 DA 19-730 July 31, 2019 WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT DATES FOR NPRM ON IMPROVING COMPETITIVE BROADBAND ACCESS TO MULTIPLE TENANT ENVIRONMENTS GN Docket No. 17-142 Comment Date: August 30, 2019 Reply Comment Date: September 30, 2019 On July 10, 2019, the Commission adopted the Improving Competitive Broadband Access to Multiple Tenant Environments Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). Improving Competitive Broadband Access to Multiple Tenant Environments Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 19-65 (rel. July 12, 2018). The document is available on the Commission’s website at https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-19-65A1.pdf. The document is also available electronically via the Commission’s Electronic Document Management System (EDOCS) website at https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/ (by FCC document number, FCC 19-65) or via the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) website at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/ (by docket number, GN Docket No. 17-142). In the NPRM, the Commission seeks comment on a variety of issues that may affect the deployment of broadband to multiple tenant environments (MTEs), including exclusive marketing and wiring arrangements, revenue sharing agreements, and state and local regulations. NPRM at paras. 14-31. The Commission also seeks comment on its legal authority to address broadband, telecommunications, and video deployment and competition in MTEs. Id. at paras. 32-39. The NPRM set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 60 days after the date of publication of the summary of the NPRM in the Federal Register. Id. at 1. The Federal Register published a summary of the NPRM on July 31, 2019. NPRM, Proposed Rules, 84 Fed. Reg. 37219 (July 31, 2019), https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/07/31/2019-16231/improving-competitive-broadband-access-to-multiple-tenant-environments (Federal Register Notice). Accordingly, comments will be due on or before August 30, 2019, and reply comments will be due on or before September 30, 2019. Complete filing instructions are provided in the NPRM and the Federal Register Notice. See NPRM at para. 93 and Federal Register Notice at 37219. For additional information, contact Annick Banoun, Annick.Banoun@fcc.gov, at (202) 418-1521. -FCC- 3