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WCB Headline Archives for 2000
- Commission releases new rules and seeks comment on additional measures
to reduce the need for new area codes.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/29/00
- Bureau seeks comment on additional information filed with SBC's
application to provide long distance service in Kansas and Oklahoma.
[ Text | MS
Word97 | PDF | SBC
Filing ]
12/27/00
- Commission releases report detailing international
telecommunications traffic in 1999.
12/26/00
- Commission announces common carrier-related enforcement actions
taken during 2000.
[ News Release: Text | MS
Word97 ]
[ List of Actions: Text | MS
Word97 | PDF ]
12/21/00
- Commission releases Trends
in Telephone Service providing a wealth of information on telephone
service in the United States.
12/21/00
- Bureau seeks comment on request by Verizon for pricing flexibility
in the provision of dedicated transport and special access services.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/20/00
- Bill Dever appointed Assistant Division Chief of the Policy and
Program Planning Division.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/20/00
- Commission terminates consideration of Verizon application to provide
interLATA services in Massachusetts.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/18/00
- Commission grants Bell South flexibility in the pricing of access
services.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/15/00
- Commission releases report on telephone
subscribership in the U.S.
12/11/00
- Commission adopts the recommendations of the Federal-State Joint
Board on Universal Service for phasing down the interim hold-harmless
provision of the forward-looking high-cost universal service support
mechanism for non-rural carriers.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/8/00
- Bureau seeks additional comment on issues relating to CLEC access
charge reform.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/7/00
- Commission takes additional steps to reduce the need for new area
codes.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/7/00
- Bureau seeks comment on recommendation by Interstate TRS Fund Advisory
Council concerning Telecommunications Relay Service cost recovery guidelines.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/6/00
- Commission releases Local
Competition Report
12/4/00
- Brent Olson named Deputy Chief of the Policy and Program Planning
Division.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
11/30/00
- Commission's revised rules on telephone "slamming" are now in effect.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
11/28/00
- Bureau seeks comment on request by Verizon and SBC for pricing flexibility
in the provision of dedicated transport and special access services.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
11/20/00
- Comission seeks comment in connection with court ordered remand
of non-accounting safeguards order.
[ Text | MS
Word97 | Adobe
PDF ]
11/9/00
- Commission privatizes the process for establishing technical criteria
for telecommunications equipment, such as telephones, fax machines,
and modems.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
11/9/00
- Commission proposes to modify
service quality reporting requirements of large local exchange
carriers.
11/9/00
- Commission releases Federal-State Joint Board Monitoring
Report
11/9/00
- Bureau seeks nominations for seats on the Universal Service Administrative
Company board of directors.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
11/6/00
- Commission seeks comment on proposed purchase of Intermedia Communications
by WorldCom.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
11/6/00
- Bureau extends transition period for detariffing of consumer long
distance services.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
11/6/00
- The Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service will hold an
en banc hearing on November 13 in San Diego.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
11/3/00
- Commission releases report on the deployment of high-speed
internet access in the U.S.
10/31/00
- Commission seeks comment on recommendation of Federal-State Joint
Board on Jurisdictional Separations.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
10/30/00
- Revised slamming liability rules to become effective on November
28, 2000.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
10/27/00
- Bureau seeks comment on SBC application to provide long distance
service in Kansas and Oklahoma.
[ Text | MS
Word97 | Adobe
PDF ]
10/26/00
- Commission releases Carrier
Locator providing information on U.S. telecommunications carriers.
10/23/00
- Commission releases report
on the telecommunications infrastructure of large local telephone
companies.
10/23/00
- Commission seeks comment on petitions for conditional waivers of
the Commission's physical collocation order. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
10/20/00
- Commission seeks
comment on the effectiveness of its website.
10/19/00
- Commission opens next phase of its proceeding to streamline and
eliminate existing accounting rules and related reporting requirements
for incumbent local exchange carriers.
[ News Release: Text | MS
Word97 ] [ NPRM: Text | MS
Word97 ]
10/13/00
- Statistics of Communications Common Carriers now available from
the Government Printing Office. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
10/6/00
- Network Services Division reduces costs for Part 68 applicants by
accepting applications for multiple factories on a single Form 730. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
10/6/00
- Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service seeks comment on
recommendations for the establishment of a forward-looking economic
cost mechanism for rural telephone companies. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
10/5/00
- Competitive Pricing Division will hold a public forum on October
26 to discuss improvements to the Electronic Tariff Filing System. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
10/4/00
- Commission launches an inquiry
into creating a national policy framework for high-speed internet
services.
9/28/00
- Commission releases telecommunications
revenue report providing information on industry revenues by
types of providers and services.
9/25/00
- Bureau seeks comment on the proposed acquisition of OnePoint Communications
by Verizon. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
9/22/00
- Bureau seeks comment on Verizon
application to provide long distance service in Massachusetts.
9/22/00
- Commission modifies conditions of SBC/Ameritech merger to promote
the deployment of advanced telecommunications services. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
9/8/00
- Bureau announces the appointments of Glenn Reynolds as associate
bureau chief and Jeffrey Dygert as assistant bureau chief. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
9/7/00
- Bureau announces personnel promotions in the Accounting Policy Division. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
9/7/00
- Bureau will conduct a series of regional meetings to address issues
raised in proceedings reviewing RBOC applications for authority to
provide in-region, interLATA services. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
9/5/00
- Commission seeks comment on the proposed merger of NorthPoint and
Verizon digital subscriber line businesses into a new non-dominant
carrier. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
9/1/00
- Bureau releases report
on competition in the market for local telecommunications services.
8/31/00
- Rules requiring phone bills to highlight new service providers and
display contact information for consumer inquiries are now in effect. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
8/25/00
- Commission releases report to Congress on the availability of high-speed
and advanced telecommunications services to all Americans. [ PDF ]
8/22/00
- FCC releases fee filing guide for common carrier services. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
8/18/00
- Commission releases rules concerning unauthorized changes of consumers
long distance carriers. [ Text | MS
Word97 | News
Release]
8/15/00
- Bureau and NARUC will host an industry
forum on the implementation of slamming liability procedures.
8/15/00
- FCC releases Statistics
of Communications Common Carriers.
8/11/00
- Emily Hoffnar appointed FCC Liaison to the Local and State Government
Advisory Committee. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
8/10/00
- Commission strengthens
rules designed to give competitors access to incumbent phone
companies' networks. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
8/10/00
- Commission issues report
on the availability of high-speed and advanced telecommunications
services. [ PDF ]
8/3/00
- Mary
Beth Richards appointed Deputy Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau.
8/1/00
- FCC mandates nationwide
implementation of 711 access to telecommunications relay services.
7/24/00
- FCC assigns
easy to use phone numbers for community & referral service information
and travel & transportation-related information.
7/21/00
- Bureau grants authority to several states for implementation of
telephone number conservation measures. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
7/20/00
- Common Carrier Bureau Chief, Larry
Strickling, to leave the Commission. Dorothy Attwood to be named
Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau.
7/10/00
- Commission approves
SBC application to provide long distance service in Texas.
6/30/00
- FCC issues final
approval of Qwest-US West merger. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
6/26/00
- Commission approves merger of Bell
Atlantic and GTE.
6/17/00
- Commission takes
steps to promote the deployment and subscribership of telecommunications
services to individuals living on Indian reservations and Alaskan
Native lands.
6/8/00
- The Commission, in partnership with state regulators, announces
an interactive web site that will serve as a national clearinghouse
for local communities to share news and information about their broadband
deployment projects.
6/6/00
- Commission reforms
access charges, reducing charges paid by long distance carriers
by $3.2 billion.
5/31/00
- The Federal-State Joint
Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services will hold
a field hearing on June 9 at the Wyndham Miami Beach Resort in Miami,
Florida.
5/26/00
- Commission rules
that intellectual property rights cannot be used to frustrate
competitive entry into local telecommunications markets.
4/27/00
- Common Carrier Bureau and the Office of Engineering and Technology
announce a roundtable forum to discuss policy and technical issues
related to competitive access to next-generation remote terminals. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
4/20/00
- Bureau seeks comment on report from Qwest outlining plan to divest
long distance business in US West territory. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
4/17/00
- Commission adopts
new rules to combat unauthorized changes of consumers' preferred
telephone companies.
4/13/00
- K. Michele Walters named
Associate Chief of the Accounting Policy Division.
4/11/00
- Bureau seeks comment on SBC's application to provide in-region interLATA
service in Texas. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
4/7/00
- Commission grants SBC's request to withdraw its application for
authorization to provide in-region interLATA service in the State of
Texas and initiate a new application. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
4/6/00
- Bureau announces workshops to assist carriers in complying with
the new local competition and broadband reporting requirements. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
4/6/00
- Bureau announces public workshops to solicit ideas on initiatives
to reform the Commission's accounting rules and reporting requirements
for common carriers. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
4/5/00
- Commission releases telephone
penetration report providing information on telephone subscribership
levels broken down by state and by income.
3/31/00
- Bureau announces personnel
promotions in the Network Services Division.
3/31/00
- Bureau will hold a public
forum on the proposed merger between MCI WorldCom and Sprint.
3/27/00
- Commission adopts data
collection program to determine the extent of local telecommunications
competition and deployment of broadband services.
3/24/00
- Commission releases Trends
in Telephone Service providing a wealth of information on telephone
service in the United States.
3/20/00
- Commission adopts new
policies and rules to reduce the need for new area codes.
3/17/00
- Commission sets pleading cycle for comments on MCI WorldCom's request
for a declaratory ruling on a carrier's ability to adopt previously
approved interconnection agreements between incumbent and competitive
local exchange carriers. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
3/16/00
- Commission approves merger of US West and Qwest Communications. [ News
Release | Text | MS
Word97 ]
3/10/00
- Commission seeks comment on reform of access charges and universal
service proposed by the Coalition for Affordable Local and Long Distance
Service [ Text | MS
Word97 | PDF,
including attachments ]
3/9/00
- Commission completes first phase of comprehensive review of incumbent
local exchange carrier accounting and ARMIS reporting requirements. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
3/8/00
- Jack Zinman appointed
Legal Counsel to the Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau.
3/8/00
- Bureau seeks comment on Ameritech request for modification of LATA
boundaries in Ohio in order to offer competitive local exchange service
in four areas that are served by non-Ameritech local exchange carriers. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
3/3/00
- Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission
issue a joint Policy
Statement to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive advertising
and marketing of long distance services.
3/1/00
- Bureau releases revised
telecommunications reporting worksheet (FCC Form 499-A) used
to calculate contributions to the universal service support mechanisms,
the telecommunications relay service fund, and cost recovery for
numbering administration and local number portability.
3/1/00
- Michelle Carey appointed
Chief of the Policy and Program Planning Division.
2/24/00
- Commission begins second inquiry into whether advanced telecommunications
capability is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely
fashion. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
2/18/00
- Bureau seeks
comment on SBC's request for interpretation, waiver, or modification
of the SBC/Ameritech merger conditions.
2/18/00
- Commission modifies the Telecommunications Relay Service to expand
the kinds of services available to consumers with hearing and speech
disabilities.
[ News
Release | Text | MS
Word97 ]
2/17/00
- Commission adopts guidelines for reviewing requests for LATA boundary
modifications intended to speed the deloyment of advanced telecommunications
services.
[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
2/15/00
- Members of the Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services
announce schedule
of six field hearings to gather information on the status of deployment
of advanced services to all Americans.
2/11/00
- Staff of the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service releases Monitoring
Report on Universal Service.
2/9/00
- Pleading cycle established for comments on petition seeking ruling
that telegraphic money order service is an information service and
not subject to state regulation. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
2/8/00
- Carol Mattey appointed
Deputy Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau.
2/8/00
- Commission seeks comment on Bell
Atlantic and GTE supplemental filing proposing to transfer control
of internet backbone assets to an independent entity.
2/2/00
- Bureau provides guidance in obtaining information on SBC's application
to provide interLATA service in Texas. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
2/2/00
- Commission releases Carrier
Locator providing information on telecommunications carriers
providing service in the United States.
2/1/00
- Commission releases report on International
Telecommunications Traffic.
1/31/00
- Commission releases report on Telephone
Subscribership in the United States.
1/31/00
- Bureau seeks comment on request by rural telephone companies for
removal of individual caps on high-cost universal service support. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
1/24/00
- Commission releases report on Universal
Service Support and Telephone Revenue.
1/20/00
- Bureau seeks comment on request to transfer control of Sprint's
licenses and authorizations to MCI WorldCom. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
1/19/00
- Bureau receives requirements
document for administration of thousand-block telephone number
pooling from the North American Numbering Council .
1/14/00
- Bureau seeks
comment on SBC's application to provide interLATA service in
Texas. [ Protective
Order | General
Filing Requirements ]
1/10/00
- Commission establishes minimum quality standards for inside wiring
to ensure that consumer access to advanced services will not be hampered. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
1/10/00
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