Alltel Mobile Communications, Inc. v. Arkansas Public Service Commission

Andree Layton Roaf, Judge.

This appeal involves the interpretation of Act 77 of 1997, the Telecommunications Regulatory Reform Act, as it relates to the Arkansas Public Service Commission’s authority to require appellants and other commercial mobile-service providers to comply with Ark. Code Ann. §§ 23-3-109 (Supp. 1997) and 23-3-110 (Supp. 1997). Appellants contend that the passage of Act 77 eliminated the Commission’s jurisdiction to require them and other commercial mobile-service providers to file gross-earnings reports and pay gross-earnings fees as provided by sections 23-3-109 and 110.…