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Wireline Competition Bureau
445
12th St., SW
Washington, DC 20554
Tel (202) 418-1500
Fax (202) 418-2825
TTY (202) 418-0484
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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. |
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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
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The Administrative and Management Office oversees
the direction of all Bureau-wide management and administrative programs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Industry
Analysis and Technology Division provides economic, financial,
and technical analyses of telecommunications markets to the Bureau,
and the Commission.
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