Cable & Wireless P.L.C. v. Federal Communications Commission

TATEL, Circuit Judge:

In order to strengthen the bargaining position of domestic telecommunications companies in negotiations with their foreign counterparts over the price of completing international long-distance calls, the Federal Communications Commission issued an Order prohibiting U.S. companies from paying more than certain benchmark rates for such “termination” services. Petitioners, a group of foreign telecommunications companies, claim that the Commission lacks authority to issue the Order and that the benchmark rates are unreasonable. Rejecting petitioners’ argument that the Order…