What's New in the Bureau 1999 Archives Items from the "What's New" section of the wcb Home Page are transferred here about 3 weeks after being released.
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 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 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
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
