The USA’s FCC has had its Open Internet Order struck down on appeal, which is likely a good thing for MNOs that feared walking a network slicing tightrope. The net neutrality framework was introduced in May 2024, but the US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has ruled that the FCC has misinterpreted the Communications Act, when it reclassified broadband as a telecommunications service. As the FCC had declined to precisely define network slicing, when drafting its Open Internet Order, there was a real fear that operators were going to be caught in the lurch – that any nascent network slicing service risked falling foul of strict rules about traffic prioritization. However, if the Open Internet Order has been…