Wireline Competition Bureau 445 12th St., SW Washington, DC  20554 Tel (202) 418-1500 Fax (202) 418-2825 TTY (202) 418-0484

The Wireline Competition Bureau develops and recommends policy goals, objectives, programs and plans for the Commission on matters concerning wireline telecommunications. The Wireline Competition Bureau’s overall objectives include: ensuring choice, opportunity, and fairness in the development of wireline telecommunications services and markets; developing deregulatory initiatives; promoting economically efficient investment in wireline telecommunications infrastructure; promoting the development and widespread availability of wireline telecommunications services; and fostering economic growth. The Bureau is organized into four divisions and an Administrative and Management Office.

09/12/2008
WCB Extends Qwest ARMIS Forbearance Deadline. Docket No. WC 07-204
Order: Word | Acrobat

09/10/2008
Commission Awards Contract To Neustar, Inc. To Build And Operate Centralized Database For Internet-based Telecommunications Relay Service Numbering System. WC Docket No. 03-123 and 05-196
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

09/09/2008
Comment Sought on CenturyTel Request to Convert to Price Cap Regulation. WC Docket No. 08-191
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

09/06/08
FCC Grants Forbearance from Legacy Reporting and Accounting Requirements, Seeks Comment on Industry-Wide Reporting. WC Docket No. 80-190, 07-139, 07-204, 07-273, 07-21
MO&O: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

09/03/2008
Pleading Cycle Established for Comments on Petition for Reconsideration of the Commission's Fifth 706 Report. WC Docket No. 07-45
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

08/28/2008
Comment and Reply Comment Dates Established for NET 911 Improvement Act NPRM. WC Docket No. 08-171
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

08/28/2008
FCC Releases Study On Telephone Trends. The report provides answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about the telephone industry coming from consumers, members of Congress, other government agencies, telecom carriers, and members of the business and academic communities.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Report: Acrobat

08/28/2008
FCC Releases New Telephone Subscribership Report. The report presents subscribership statistics based on the Current Population Survery (CPS) conducted by the Census Bureau in March 2008.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Report: Acrobat

08/28/2008
FCC Releases Telephone Numbering Resource Utilization Report. The report presents numbering resource utilization statistics based on December 2007 data that carriers submitted to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), as well as other information.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Report: Acrobat

08/28/2008
FCC Releases Annual Telecommunications Industry Revenue Report. According to the report, the industry in 2006 reported $297 billion in revenues -- a small decrease from 2005's $298 billion.
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Report: Acrobat

08/28/2008
FCC Releases Reference Book Of Rates, Price Indices, And Household Expenditures For Telephone Service. The report contains information on local and long distance rates paid by residential and business consumers, household expenditures, and price indices
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Report: Acrobat

08/27/2008
WCB grants Sacred Wind Communications, Inc.'s request.
Order: Word | Acrobat

08/26/2008
WCB Establishes Pleading Cycle for Domestic Section 214 Application filed for the Transfer of Control of Time Warner Cable, Inc. WC Docket No. 08-157
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

08/26/2008
WCB denies Maritime Communications' request for review of USAC USF contribution decision.
Order: Word | Acrobat

8/25/08
FCC Seeks Comment on Implementation of NET 911 Improvement Act.
NPRM: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

08/25/2008
WCB Grants WeavTel Petition for Waiver of USF Filing Deadline. CC Docket No. 96-45.
Order: Word | Acrobat

08/20/2008
Commission Orders Comcast to End Discriminatory Network Management Practices. WC Docket 07-52
Memorandum Opinion and Order: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

08/19/2008
Comment Cycle Established For Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking On Services Eligible For E-rate Funding. CC Docket No. 02-6
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

08/19/2008
Domestic Section 214 Application Filed For The Transfer Of Control Of Swisher Telephone Company From Telephone Acquisition Company, LLC To South Slope Communications Company. Non-Streamlines Pleading Cycle Established. WC Docket No. 08-164
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

08/14/2008
Wireline Competition Bureau grants the Petition for Reconsideration filed by Inter-Tel, Inc. CC Docket No. 02-6.
Order on Reconsideration: Word | Acrobat

08/13/2008
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU GRANTS EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE COMMENTS ON AT&T'S PETITION FOR AN INTERIM DECLARATORY RULING AND LIMITED WAIVERS. WC Docket No. 08-152
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

• The Administrative and Management Office oversees the direction of all Bureau-wide management and administrative programs.

• The Competition Policy Division’s primary mission is to foster competition in the provision of telecommunications services through market-opening rulemaking and adjudicatory proceedings affecting wireline telecommunications service providers. The division also administers numbering resources.

• The Pricing Policy Division administers the provisions of the Communications Act requiring that the charges, practices, classifications, and regulations of communications common carriers providing interstate and foreign services are just and reasonable.

• The Telecommunications Access Policy Division’s primary mission is to advance the goals of universal service that all consumers in the Nation have access to quality telecommunications and information services at affordable rates.

• The Industry Analysis and Technology Division provides economic, financial, and technical analyses of telecommunications markets to the Bureau, and the Commission.