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WCB Headline Archives for 1999
- Bureau denies AT&T's request to stay Commission decision allowing
entry of Bell Atlantic into the long distance market in the State of
New York. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/27/99
- Bureau seeks comment on requests to redefine the definition of "voice
grade access" for the purposes of federal universal service support. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/22/99
- Commission approves Bell Atlantic's application to provide long
distance service in the State of New York. [ News
Release | PDF | MS
Word97 ]
12/22/99
- Commission adopts rules to give carriers freedom from depreciation
requirements. [ News
Release | Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/17/99
- Bureau extends comment period on the productivity offset in the
price cap mechanism governing the interstate access charges of incumbent
local exchange carriers. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/14/99
- Bureau announces the proposed universal service contribution factor
for the first quarter of 2000. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/10/99
- Commission denies automatic grant of AT&T's request to discontinue
directory assistance service for toll-free numbers. [ News
Release | Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/10/99
- Commission orders unbundling of the high-frequency portion of the
local loop in order to promote the availability of competitive broadband
xDSL-based services. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/9/99
- Pleading cycle established for request by CIX and ITAA of an extension
of the sunset date of the structural, non-discrimination, and other
safeguards governing Bell Operating Company provision of in-region,
interLATA information services.[ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/7/99
- Commission releases Statistics
of Communications Common Carriers.
12/3/99
- Commission seeks comment on on the proposed use of the separations
simulation cost study analysis tool developed by the state members
of the Federal-State Joint Board on Separations. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
12/2/99
- Commission releases Industry Analysis Division's report on service
quality of local exchange carriers.
12/1/99
- Linda Kinney named Assistant
Bureau Chief and Special Advisor for Advanced Services effective
December 6,1999
11/24/99
- Commission approves the proposed transfer of the North American
Numbering Plan administrative functions from Lockheed Martin to NeuStar. [ News
Release | Text | PDF ]
11/17/99
- Commission lifts stay of deaveraging rule for unbundled network
elements and interconnection, effective May 1, 2000. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
11/17/99
- Commission seeks comment on the productivity offset in the price
cap mechanism governing the interstate access charges of incumbent
local exchange carriers. [ News
Release | Text | MS
Word97 | TFP
Study | Imputed
X Study ]
11/15/99
- Commission determines that advanced telecommunications services,
such as digital subscriber lines, sold by incumbent LECs to residential
and business customers are subject to discounted resale obligations. [ Text | WordPerfect ]
11/9/99
- Common Carrier and Enforcement Bureaus create an oversight team
to monitor SBC's compliance with the conditions of its recent merger
with Ameritech. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
11/8/99
- Commission adjusts and finalizes the framework of the new federal
forward-looking high-cost support mechanism for non-rural carriers. [ Text | WordPerfect ]
11/2/99
- Bureau releases state-by-state universal service high-cost support
amounts for non-rural carriers. [ Text | MS
Word97 | Excel
Spreadsheet ]
11/2/99
- Commission takes action to promote the availability of broadband
Internet access for residential and small business users. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
11/2/99
- Commission announces the creation of two new
Bureaus consolidating enforcement and consumer information functions
and personnel from the Common Carrier, Mass Media, Wireless Telecommunications,
and Compliance and Information Bureaus.
10/26/99
- Bureau announces promotions in the Network Services and Accounting
Policy Divisions. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
10/26/99
- Commission proposes rules to collect basic information about the
status of local telephone service competition and the deployment of
advanced telecommunications capabilities. [ Text | WordPerfect | Proposed
Form]
10/22/99
- Commission Reforms High
Cost Support Mechanism for Large Carriers. (FCC 99-304, FCC 99-305,
CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 97-160)
10/21/99
- Pleading Cycle Established for Comments on Qwest Communications'
and U.S. West's Proposed Divestiture Plans. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
10/19/99
- Commission Proposes to Fine Qwest Communications $2,000,000 for
Slamming. [ Text | MS
Word97 ]
10/19/99
- FCC Approves SBC-Ameritech Merger Subject to Competition-Enhancing
Conditions. (FCC 99-279) [ Order,
Conditions, Statements, News Release ]
10/8/99
- The Common Carrier Bureau releases its latest report on Telephone
Subscribership levels in the United States. [ PDF | ZIP ]
10/8/99
- The Common Carrier Bureau releases the Preliminary 1998 International
Traffic Data Report. [ PDF | ZIP ]
10/7/99
- The Common Carrier Bureau releases the 1998 Telecommunications Industry
Revenue Report. [ PDF | ZIP ]
9/22/99
- The Common Carrier Bureau releases the first two quarters of NECA's
1999 interstate local minutes of use report. [ ZIP ]
9/20/99
- The Common Carrier Bureau releases the Second 1999 Trends in Telephone
Service Report. [ ZIP | PDF ]
9/17/99
- The Common Carrier Bureau releases its Fiber Deployment Update -
End of the Year 1998 Report. [PDF | ZIP ]
9/9/99
- The Common Carrier Bureau releases the Trends in the U.S. International
Telecommunications Industry. [ ZIP | PDF ]
9/3/99
- The Common Carrier Bureau releases the August 1999 report on Local
Competition.[ PDF | ZIP] 8/31/99. Note: Section
3 tables revised 9/10/99.
- The Common Carrier Bureau releases the September Version of the
Telecommunications Reporting Worksheet (FCC Form 499-S) for Contributions
to the Universal Service Support Mechanisms. [ PDF] 8/4/99
- The Common Carrier Bureau releases a report on the Infrastructure
of the Local Operating Companies. [ PDF | ZIP] 7/21/99
- The Common Carrier Bureau releases the June
1999 Monitoring Report. 7/12/99
- FCC
Releases Consent Decree on SBC and SNET. 7/1/99
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