Media Contact: 
Robin Colwell, (202) 418-2300
Robin.Colwell@fcc.gov
For Immediate Release
STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O’RIELLY 
ON CONCLUSION OF ZERO RATING INQUIRIES
WASHINGTON, February 3, 2017. — Today, the Commission finally puts an end to the 
past Commission’s zero-rating inquiries and recommits to permissionless 
innovation. While this is just a first step, these companies, and others, can now safely 
invest in and introduce highly popular products and services without fear of Commission 
intervention based on newly invented legal theories.
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Office of Commissioner Mike O’Rielly: (202) 418-2300
Twitter: @mikeofcc
www.fcc.gov/leadership/michael-orielly
This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action.  Release of the full text of a Commission order constitutes 
official action.  See MCI v. FCC, 515 F.2d 385 (D.C. Cir. 1974).