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• Illinois Commerce Commission Protects Consumers' and Competitors' Rights in Landmark Case; Commission Releases Final Order, Finds Ameritech in Violation of State Telecom Law

  - 2002-05-13

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• Local calling areas to grow - somewhat.(Brief Article)

  - 2001-02-19

  LANSING - State regulators have defined how Michigan's local calling areas will expand, clearing the way for customer savings and reduced revenue for providers of local phone service. In an order designed to resolve a piece of Michigan's 2000 tele LANSING - State...

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• Fcc Gets Cable Blame

  - 1999-08-16

  Not only is cable industry retaining its monopoly in marketplace, it's being aided by do-nothing FCC, many commenters said in video competition rulemaking. Competitors ranging from overbuilders to DBS operators argued that Commission has failed to act on loopholes in program access rules and neglected to clarify multiple dwelling unit...

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• FROM THE DESK OF…DICK WILEY Conditions Precedent and Precedent

  - 1999-07-19

  Legal words, like those reflective pictures that change form depending on the viewing angle, can assume different meanings with a slight shift of inflection. Take the word p-r-e-c-e-d-e-n-t. Accent the second syllable and it signifies an event that comes before a later event (call this a "type 1"...

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• Fcc Sets Program Access Remedies

  - 1998-08-10

  FCC tightened rules on enforcing cable program access complaints Aug. 6, making changes that Comr. Ness said demonstrate "that we're serious about program access." It set timetable for complaint resolution, proclaimed intention to start levying fines against violators and affirmed its authority to impose damages under certain circumstances. Chmn. Kennard...

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• FCC OKs TW rate dereg. (rate deregulation for Time Warner's Columbus, OH, cable television system allowed due to competition from Ameritech)(Brief Article)

  - 1996-12-16

  Cable companies could see some FCC action before the holidays on their requests for regulatory relief. The commission last Monday granted a Time Warner petition to deregulate the rates of its cable system in Columbus, Ohio. And FCC sources sa ...

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• Cellular carriers, CTIA ask FCC to delete rule pertaining to non-subscribers

  - 1996-09-16

  The commission asked for comments on three issues, including whether to require a carrier to process calls from phones without mobile identification numbers. CTIA, which together with three public safety organizations developed a consensus agreement that the FCC rules are based on, strongly opposed requiring carriers to process calls from...

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• FCC permits Ameritech long-distance unit to jointly operate with cellular

  - 1996-09-02

  The decision, opposed by AT&T Wireless Services Inc. [T] and Sprint Telecommunications Venture, is a waiver of the commission's rules that an in-region RHC affiliate cannot jointly operate cellular and landline services out of the same facility. Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, RHC affiliates are allowed to jointly market...

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• Ameritech, Time Warner appeal in Ohio. (Ameritech Corp. and Time Warner Entertainment Company L.P.)

  - 1996-04-29

  As expected, Ameritech Corp. last week asked Ohio regulators to revisit their order forcing the regional Bell operating company to interconnect with Time Warner Entertainment, the state's dominant cable operator. What was not expected was Time Wa As expected, Ameritech Corp. last...

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• Telcos weigh bolting VDT scheme for cable. (telephone companies; video dialtone; cable TV services)

  - 1995-04-24

  Ameritech Corp. officials last week added their voices to the rising chorus of telcos threatening to bolt from the Federal Communications Commission's video dialtone regime. The telco's moves raise prospects that the convoluted regulatory process Ameritech Corp. officials last week added their...

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