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WCB Headline Archives for 1998
- The FCC releases the 1997 Section 43.61 International Traffic Report.
[ Acrobat | Zip ] 12/30/98
- The FCC releases its latest report on telephone subscribership levels
in the U.S. [ Acrobat | Zip ] 12/30/98
- The FCC releases the 3rd Quarter Long Distance Market Share Report
[ Acrobat | Zip ] 12/30/98
- The Common Carrier Bureau Releases the 1998
Report to Monitor Impacts of Universal Service Support Mechanisms and
Public Notice, CC Docket No. 98-202. 12/22/98
- The Common Carrier Bureau Releases the 1998
Common Carrier Scorecard Annual Report and the December 1998 FCC
Telephone Consumer Complaint Scorecard [ Zip | Acrobat ]. 12/17/98
- Common
Carrier Bureau Announces Ex Parte Meeting to Discuss Developing
an Industry Coalition to Address Software Flagging and Electronic Audit
Tracking Requirements of Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI),
CC Docket No. 96-115. 12/8/98
- FCC
Releases Report on Local Competition. 12/4/98
- Common
Carrier Bureau Announces Ex Parte Meeting Schedule on Reconsideration
and Forbearance Proceeding of CPNI Second Report and Order. 12/1/98
- FCC Denies Schools' Petitions for Waiver of the Designation of Their
Districts as Urban Under the Commission's Rules that Partially Determine
the Universal Service Discount for which Schools are Eligible. [ Text | WordPerfect | Acrobat ] 11/19/98
- Federal-State
Joint Board on Universal Service to Hold a Meeting November 23,
1998 to Make its Recommendation on Referred Issues (CC Docket 96-45). 11/17/98
- Denial of Motion for Extension of Time for Comments in GTE and Bell
Atlantic for Consent to Transfer of Control. [ Text | WordPerfect ] 11/17/98
- Commission
to Host Forum on Year 2000 Issues Affecting Emergency Response Communications. 11/3/98
- Commission
Announces Y2K Forum on Private Networks and Customer Equipment. 11/3/98
- Automated
Reporting Management Information System (ARMIS) Data Now Available
on the Commission's Internet Web Site. 9/24/98
- The Commission proposes to steamline reporting requirements for telecommunications
carriers by proposing to consolidate and streamline up to six carrier
reporting requirements into one report. (FCC 98-233) [Wordperfect | Zip | Pdf ] 9/17/98
- The Commission proposes to make telephone bills more consumer-friendly
by providing customers with information they need to make informed choices
in a competitive telecommunications marketplace and to protect themselves
against unscrupulous practices. (FCC 98-232) [Wordperfect | Text ] 9/17/98
- Bureau reminds consumers that as of September 1, 1998, the transition
to expanded access codes will be complete. To make a "dial around" call,
consumers must dial an additional "10" before the access code (i.e. 10-xxx
is now 10-10-xxx). (DA 98-1736) [ WordPerfect | Text ] 8/31/98
- Pleading cycle set for US West petition for forbearance from regulation
as a dominant carrier in Phoenix, Arizona. (CC Docket No. 98-157, DA
98-1712) [ WordPerfect | Text ] 8/28/98
- Commission releases proposed universal
service contribution factors for the fourth quarter of 1998 (CC
Docket No. 96-45, DA 98-1649). 8/18/98
- Commission proposes forfeitures against ConQuest Operator Services
Corp. of Dublin, Ohio and Operator Communications, Inc. (OCI) of Dallas,
Texas, in the amounts of $70,033 and $83,405, respectively, for the companies'
failure to pay their assessed contributions to universal service. [ News
Release ] 8/14/98
- Bureau seeks comment on the "platform" (fixed assumptions and algorithms)
to calculate the forward-looking economic cost of non-rural carriers
serving rural insular, and high cost areas. (CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and
97-160, DA 98-1587) [ WordPerfect | Acrobat | Text ] 8/7/98
- Comments
and Public Notice of Revised Comment Cycle on the Application by
BellSouth for Provision of In-Region, Interlata Services in Louisiana. 8/7/98
- Bureau establishes pleading
cycle for SBC-Ameritech merger and proposed protective order. 8/3/98
- Commission approves the merger of AT&T and Teleport Communications.
(CC Docket No. 98-24, FCC 98-169) [ WordPerfect | Text ] 7/23/98
- Bureau announces the release of Version
2.6 of an engineering process model known as the Hybrid Cost Proxy
Model. The model is a hybrid model that represents the views of individual
Commission staff members, and should not be interpreted as an official
statement or a proposed Commission decision. 7/23/98
- FCC and Industry announce best practices guidelines to protect consumers
from cramming. [News
Release | Consumer
Summary | Guidelines] 7/22/98
- Bureau announces
the appointments of Yog R. Varma as Deputy Bureau Chief, Lisa M.
Zaina as Senior Counsel and Associate Bureau Chief, and Suzanne M.
Tetreault as Acting Deputy Bureau Chief. 7/22/98
- Commission proposes to eliminate rules governing the issuance of franks
for interstate and foreign telegraph and telephone service by communications
common carriers. (CC Docket No. 98-119, FCC 98-152) [WordPerfect | Text ] 7/22/98
- FCC Asks Federal-State Joint Board for Recommendations Regarding Universal
Service Support for Non-Rural Carriers that Serve High Cost Areas, (CC
Docket No. 96-45, FCC 98-160). [WordPerfect | Acrobat | Text ] 7/21/98
- Commission adopts a rule treating the Guam Telephone Authority as an
incumbent local exchange carrier for purposes of Section 251 of the Telecommunications
Act of 1996. (CC Docket No. 97-134, FCC 98-163) [ WordPerfect | Text ] 7/17/98
- Pleading cycle established for petition from Oncor Communications seeking
authority to calculate its universal service contribution on the basis
of current revenues. (CC Docket No. 96-45, DA 98-1409) [ WordPerfect | Text ] 7/16/98
- Commission releases Industry Analysis Division's report on Trends
in Telephone Service. 7/16/98
- Bureau seeks comment on the administration of the federal universal
service support mechanisms. (CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 97-21, DA 98-1336) [ WordPerfect | Acrobat | Text ] 7/16/98
- Commission releases rules for Accelerated Docket to adjudicate formal
complaints against common carriers. (CC Docket No. 96-238, FCC 98-154). [ WordPerfect | Text ] 7/14/98
- Bureau requests
comments on application by Bellsouth for provision of long distance
service in Lousiana. 7/9/98
- Universal Service Administrative Company submits report
and plan of reorganization to the Commission. 7/2/98
- Commission enjoins Ameritech from marketing, promoting, and enrolling
additional customers under its "teaming" agreement with Qwest Communications
Corporation pending a final determination by the Commission of the lawfulness
of the agreement. (File No. E-98-41, FCC 98-141). [ WordPerfect | Text ] 6/30/98
- FCC Reforms Universal Service Support Mechanism for Schools and Libraries
(CC Docket No. 96-45, FCC 98-120). [ WordPerfect | Acrobat | Text ] 6/23/98
- Commission releases proposal to modify our accounting and cost allocation
rules for local exchange carriers as part of the biennial regulatory
review. (CC Docket No. 98-81, FCC 98-108) [ WordPerfect | Text ] 6/17/98
- Bureau revises and approves the universal service contribution factors
for the third quarter of 1998. (CC Docket No. 96-45, DA 98-1130) [ WordPerfect | Text ] 6/12/98
- Bureau reiterates services
eligible for discounts to schools and libraries (CC Docket No.
96-45, DA 98-1110). 6/12/98
- Commission initiates a proceeding to promote the deployment of new
and advanced telecommunications services to consumers by ensuring that
the FCC's rules do not stifle innovation. (CC Docket No. 98-94, FCC 98-118) [ WordPerfect | Text | Acrobat
PDF ] 6/11/98
- Procedures established for resolution of issues refered to the Commission
by District Courts hearing suits brought by AT&T against US West and
Ameritech over business arrangements with Qwest Communications. (DA 98-1109) [ WordPerfect | Text ] 6/11/98
- Pleading cycle established for SBC petition seeking relief from any
unbundling or wholesale discount obligations applicable to asymmetrical
digital subscriber line facilities and services. (CC Docket No. 98-91,
DA 98-1111) [ WordPerfect | Text ] 6/11/98
- Bureau seeks comment on North American Numbering Council report on
how best to incorporate high volume call-in networks into the local number
portability scheme.(CC Docket No. 95-116, DA 98-1080) [ WordPerfect | Text ] 6/8/98
- Commission releases Industry Analysis Division's report on Long
Distance Market Shares for the first quarter of 1998. 6/5/98
- Pleading cycle established for petition requesting a declaratory ruling
that competitive local exchange carriers have the same rights with respect
to access to advanced data networks as they have for conventional telecommunications
services. (DA 98-1019, CC Docket No. 98-78) [ WordPerfect | Text ] 6/4/98
- Bureau seeks comment on MCI's discussion of issues concerning the impact
of MCI's proposed merger with WorldCom on the internet in light of MCI's
proposed sale of its internet backbone business. (DA 98-1059, CC Docket
No. 97-211) [ WordPerfect | Text | MCI's
discussion in PDF ] 6/4/98
- Commission releases results of investigation of the interstate access
tariffs of incumbent local exchange carriers. Refunds and changes in
methodology are ordered. (CC Docket No. 97-250, FCC 98-106) [ WordPerfect | Zipped
file, including appendices | Acrobat
PDF, including appendices ] 6/1/98
- FCC releases Industry Analysis Division's 1997
Preliminary Statistics of Communications Common Carriers. 5/29/98
- Bureau establishes July 1 as the date on which incumbent local exchange
carriers must begin using the Electronic
Tariff Filing System to file tariffs and associated documents with
the Commission. (DA 98-1009) [ WordPerfect | Text ] 5/28/98
- Bureau announces revised agenda for a forum on June 4 addressing combinations
of unbundled network elements. [ Public
Notice | Audio ] 5/28/98
- Commission to hold en banc hearing June 8 on proposals to revise the
methodology for determining universal service support. (CC Docket Nos.
96-45 and 97-160) [ Public
Notice | Audio ] 5/28/98
- Bureau clarifies the use, disclosure of, and access to, customer proprietary
network information by telecommunications carriers. (CC Docket 96-115,
DA 98-971) [ WordPerfect
Format | Acrobat
Format] 5/21/98
- On Thursday, June 4, the Bureau will host a public forum to discuss
the methods by which the Bell operating companies may satisfy the section
271 requirement that they provide nondiscriminatory access to unbundled
network elements in a manner that allows competing carriers to combine
such elements. (DA 98-927) [ WordPerfect
Format | Text
Format ] 5/18/98
- Pleading cycle established on a petition requesting that the Commission
issue a declaratory ruling that Sprint fails to adequately disclose in
its tariff that it rounds-up its charges for interstate telephone calls
to the next full minute. (FileNo. wcb/CPD 98-30, DA 98-945) [ WordPerfect
Format | Text
Format ] 5/18/98
- Bureau modifies the process for handling toll-free 888 vanity numbers
that were set aside for subscribers holding corresponding toll-free 800
numbers. [ WordPerfect | Text | Acrobat ] 5/15/98
- A.
Richard Metzger, Jr. has announced that he will step down as Chief
of the Common Carrier Bureau. Kathryn
C. Brown will be named Chief of the Common Carrier Bureau effective
June 7 5/15/98
- Commission
Proposes Ways to Improve Telecommunications Relay Services, Extend
Services to More People With Disabilities (CC Docket No. 98-67, FCC
98-90). [ WordPerfect
Format | Text
Format ] 5/14/98
- Commission adopts method of cost recovery for long-term number portability.
(CC Docket No. 95-116, FCC 98-82). [ WordPerfect | Text | Acrobat ] 5/14/98
- Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment on Proposed Revision of 1998 Collection
Amounts for Schools and Libraries and Rural Health Care Universal Service
Support Mechanisms. [ WordPerfect | Text | Acrobat ] 5/14/98
- Proposed Third Quarter 1998 Universal Service Contribution Factors
Announced. [ WordPerfect | Text | Acrobat ] 5/14/98
- FCC Issues Report to Congress on Administration of Universal Service
Support for Schools and Libraries. [ Word
Perfect, without attachments | Acrobat
PDF, with attachments | News
Release ] 5/8/98
- Comment sought on how the FCC can collect sufficient information on
local competition to achieve the regulatory flexibility, pro-competition,
and universal service objectives of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
(CC Docket No. 91-141, DA 98-839) [ WordPerfect
Format | Text
Format | Acrobat
PDF format, including appendix ] 5/8/98
- Pleading cycle established for Sprint petition for a declaratory ruling
that certain conduct by Ameritech violates the interLATA restriction
of section 271 and the equal access and nondiscrimination obligations
of section 251(g) of the Communications Act. (CC Docket No. 98-62, DA
98-849) [ WordPerfect
Format | Text
Format ] 5/5/98
- Comment sought on on certain issues relating to the creation of a federal
forward-looking economic cost mechanism, including the appropriate input
values for that mechanism and the level of the revenue benchmark. (CC
Docket Nos. 96-45 and 97-160, DA 98-848) [ WordPerfect
Format | Text
Format ] 5/4/98
- Comment sought on specific questions related to assessment of presubscribed
interexchange carrier charges on public payphone lines. (wcb/CPD No.
98-34, DA 98-845) [ WordPerfect
Format | Text
Format ] 5/4/98
- Clarification of the procedures for transition from three-digit to
four-digit carrier identification codes. (CC Docket No. 92-237, DA 98-828) [ WordPerfect
Format | Text
Format ] 5/1/98
- Comment sought on program to monitor the impacts of the universal service
support mechanisms. (CC Docket No,. 96-45, DA 98-580) [ WordPerfect
Format | Text
Format | Acrobat
PDF format, including appendices ] 4/24/98
- Commission revokes the operating authority of the Fletcher Companies
for engaging in "slamming" and numerous other violations of the Communications
Act and the FCC's rules. (CC Docket No. 97-144, FCC 98-76) [ WordPerfect
Format | Text
Format | Acrobat
PDF format ] 4/21/98
- Comment sought on a variety of petitions concerning the Communications
Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. (CC
Docket No. 97-213, DA 98-762). 4/20/98
- Commission
proposes a set of model rules by which to gauge whether new providers
of local telephone service are able to access services and functions
of incumbent local telephone companies in a manner consistent with
the Telecommunications Act of 1996. (CC Docket No. 98-56, FCC 98-72) 4/17/98
- Bureau seeks comment on proposals to revise the methodology for determining
universal service support. (CC Docket Nos. 96-45 and 97-160, DA 98-715) [ WordPerfect
Format | Text
Format ] 4/16/98
- Commission submits Report
to Congress on Universal Service. (CC Docket No. 96-45, FCC 98-67) 4/10/98
- The FCC has reorganized the Common Carrier Bureau's Accounting and
Audits Division by dividing its responsibilities and replacing it with
two new divisions; the Accounting Safeguards Division and the Accounting
Policy Division. [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format ] 4/6/98
- FCC adopts decision on assignment of toll-free vanity numbers. (CC
Docket No. 95-155 , FCC 98-48) [ Acrobat
PDF | WordPerfect
Format | Text
Format | Erratum ] 3/31/98
- FCC releases Industry Analysis Division's Long
Distance Market Shares report. 3/27/98
- Common Carrier Bureau has issued new factsheets to answer questions
about Hearing Aid
Compatability and Volume Control for telephones and theTelecommunications
Relay Service. 3/26/98
- Common Carrier Bureau sets forth the material that incumbent local
exchange carriers should file to support the annual revisions to their
interstate access service rates scheduled to become effective July 1,
1998. (DA 98-546) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format | Zip
File with Attachments and Appendices ] 3/25/98
- Common Carrier Bureau seeks comment on SBC companies' petition for
an extension of time of the local number portability phase II implementation
deadline. (CC Docket No. 95-116, DA 98-575) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format] 3/25/98
- Commission stays deadline by which independent LECs providing in-region,
interstate, interexchange services on an integrated basis must comply
with the separate affiliate requirement. (CC Docket Nos. 96-61 and 96-149,
DA 98-556) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format | Acrobat
PDF Format ] 3/25/98
- wcb's Universal Service Branch announces intern
opportunities.3/25/98
- FCC authorizes the release of information obtained jointly by FCC and
state regulatory commission auditors during a Federal/State joint audit
of the property records of GTE. (FCC 98-34) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format | Executive
Summary of Audit Report] 3/18/98
- Common Carrier Bureau has issued a new factsheet to
answer questions consumers frequently ask about the FCC's universal service
support mechanisms. [This is a redirected link to the CIB factsheet on
universal service.] 3/18/98
- Bureau sets pleading cycle for Telecommunications Resellers Association
petition requesting that incumbent local exchange carriers be required
to make voice messaging services available for resale at wholesale rates.
(DA 98-520) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format ] 3/17/98
- Common Carrier Bureau seeks comment on proposed modifications to ARMIS
reporting requirements.
- ARMIS 43-05 & 43-06 (AD File No. 98-22, DA
98-483) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format ]
- ARMIS 43-07 (AD File No. 98-23, DA 98-484)
[ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format ]
3/11/98
- Commission seeks comment on petitions by Ameritech and US West for
relief from barriers to deployment of advanced telecommunications services.
- Ameritech Petition (CC Docket No. 98-31,
DA 98-470) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format ]
- US West Petition (CC Docket No. 98-26, DA
98-469) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format ]
3/6/98
- Responses to the Chairman's letter to AT&T, MCI, and Sprint requesting
information on whether the companies have been passing along to the benefit
of their customers the access charge savings resulting from orders issued
by the Commission are available for public inspection. (DA 98-448) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format ] 3/4/98
- Common Carrier Bureau seeks comment on petitions for extension of time
of the local number portability phase I implementation deadline. (CC
Docket No. 95-116, DA 98-449) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format ] 3/4/98
- North American Numbering Council provides the Commission with its report
and recommendations regarding use and assignment of carrier identification
codes. (CC Docket No. 92-237, DA 98-412) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format ] 3/3/98
- Common Carrier Bureau releases proposed
second quarter 1998 universal service contribution factors. --- Erratum 3/2/98
- Pleading cycle established for proposed transfer of control of Southern
New England Telecommunications Corporation's licenses and authorizations
to SBC Communications, Incorporated. (CC Docket No. 98-25, DA 98-381)
[ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format ] 2/27/98
- Common Carrier Bureau sets forth the information needed to evaluate
state-developed forward-looking economic cost studies used for calculating
federal universal service high-cost support for non-rural carriers. (CC
Docket Nos. 96-45 and 97-160, DA 98-217) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format | PDF
Format ] 2/27/98
- Commission will hold an en
banc hearing on March 6 in connection with the Report to
Congress on Universal Service (DA 98-390) 2/26/98
- Common Carrier Bureau seeks comment on access tariff review plans for
July 1, 1998 (CC Docket No. 98-11, DA 98-370) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format ] 2/25/98
- Pleading cycle established for proposed merger of AT&T Corporation
and Teleport Communications Group. (CC Docket No. 98-24, DA 98-369) [ Text
Format | WordPerfect
Format ] 2/25/98
- Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Solicits
Additional Nominations for the Rural Task Force. 2/24/98
- FCC clarifies the customer privacy provisions of Telecommunications
Act of 1996 by giving customers further control over the use and disclosure
of personal information (CC Docket Nos. 96-115, 96-149). [ News
Release | Order
in Text Format | Order
in WordPerfect Format ] 2/19/98
- The Accounting and Audits Division has made available non-proprietary
service quality data from the Bell Atlantic/NYNEX merger Performance
Monitoring Reports. 2/19/98
- Jurisdictional Separations NPRM Reply Comments available for downloading
(CC Docket No. 80-286) 80-286 Reply Comments . 2/13/98
- Commission will hold a demonstration on a new Telecommunications Relay
Service (TRS) called Speech-to-Speech Relay on Thursday, February 19,
1998. [ Text
Version | WordPerfect
Version ] 2/13/98
- Common Carrier Bureau releases revenues
reported on the Universal Service Worksheet by various classes
of carriers. 2/11/98
- Reply
Comments on the issues to be addressed in the Commission's Report
to Congress on Universal Service are now available for downloading. 2/11/98
- A Transcript of the February
29 En Banc Presentations on the Status of Local Telephone Competition
is available. 2/10/98
- Common Carrier Bureau Staff release Version 2.5 of the Hybrid
Cost Proxy Model.2/9/98
- Common Carrier Bureau grants, with certain conditions, petitions for
forbearance from section 272 requirements as applied to Bell operating
companies' E-911 service and BellSouth's reverse directory services.
(CC Docket 96-149, DA 98-220) [ Text
Version | WordPerfect
Version ] 2/6/98
- FCC releases Industry Analysis Division's Report on Trends
in Telephone Service. 2/6/98
- 1996 International
Telecommunications Traffic Data are now available on the FCC-State
Link 2/6/98
- Commission Denies Bellsouth's Application to Provide Long Distance
Service in Louisiana (FCC 98-17, CC Docket No. 97-231). [ Text
Version | WordPerfect
Version | PDF
Version | News
Release | Application ] 2/5/98
- The FCC has set the pleading cycle for comments on applications for
review by the full Commission and petition for stay pending review of
the December
20, 1997 wcb letter regarding interconnection between LECs and paging
carriers. (DA 98-206) [ Text
Version | WordPerfect
Version ] 2/4/98
- The FCC has set a final date to file amendments to cost models in the
universal service proceeding for high cost support for non-rural LECs.
(CC Docket Nos. CC 96-45, CC 97-160, DA 98-200) [ Text
Version | WordPerfect
Version ] 2/4/98
- FCC approves revision of depreciation rates by US West, Southwestern
Bell, and Cincinnati Bell. (FCC 98-11) [ Text
Version | WordPerfect
Version | Zipped
Version, including Appendix ] 1/30/98
- FCC releases Industry Analysis Division's Report on Universal
Service Support and Telephone Revenue by State. 1/30/98
- The Schools and Libraries Corporation has announced that the website
on which completed applications will be posted for competitive bidding
is open. The website address is www.slcfund.org. The website will operate
every day from 5:00 a.m. to midnight Eastern Time. (DA 98-129) [ Text
Version | WordPerfect
Version ] 1/30/98
- FCC Adopts Price Disclosure Requirement For Away- From-Home Calls.
[ News
Release ] 1/29/98
- FCC Proposes Streamlined Requirements for BOC Provision of Information
Services.
[ News
Release ] 1/29/98
- The Common Carrier Bureau is making itself available to discuss general
issues related to section 271 in the coming weeks. The purpose of these
discussions is to provide applicants and others with informal preliminary
guidance regarding issues arising under section 271 of the Act. (DA 98-139)
[ Text
Version | WordPerfect
Version ] 1/27/98
- FCC releases Industry Analysis Division's Telephone
Penetration by Income by State Report. The report provides information
on the number of households subscribing to telephone service classified
by income, for each state. 1/28/98
- FCC seeks comment on LCI proposal titled "A 'Fast Track' Plan To Expedite
Residential Local Competition and Section 271 Entry Through Establishment
of Independent RBOC Wholesale and Retail Service Companies (CC Docket
No. 98-5, DA 98-130) [ Text
Version | WordPerfect
Version ] 1/26/98
- Accounting for Interconnection Comments available for downloading (CC
Docket No. 97-212) 97-212 Comments . 1/26/98
- FCC releases Industry Analysis Division's Telephone
Subscribership Report The report provides information on the number
of households subscribing to telephone service according to various
demographic classifications. 1/21/98
- Common Carrier Bureau extends
the deadline for comments on the Report to Congress on Universal
Service. 1/15/98
- FCC releases Industry Analysis Division's Long
Distance Market Shares report. 1/10/98
- Common Carrier Bureau seeks public comment for report to Congress on
Universal Service. (CC Docket No. 96-45, DA 98-2) [ News
Release | Public
Notice ] 1/6/98
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