PORTLAND, Ore. -- Integra Telecom Inc., a facilities-based, integrated communications carrier for business, released the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission's FCC decision to deny Qwest Corporation's petition for forbearance: "Integra Telecom applauds the FCC's decision to deny Qwest Corporation's petition for forbearance," said Dudley Slater, CEO of...
North Dakota's Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear a petition protesting a judge's decision to temporarily bar some files in the UND-NCAA nickname lawsuit from public view.In September, Grand Forks County District Court Judge Lawrence Jahnke ordered all future filings in the nickname case to be sealed from the...
Qwest Communications International Inc., the third-biggest U.S. local-phone company, asked regulators to ease rules on data services it sells to large businesses, after withdrawing a similar petition two days ago. The request, sent to the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday, is identical to a petition filed in June 2006,...
Douglas Bruce has a handy explanation when he suffers a setback in court, as he did again Wednesday, when Fourth Judicial District Judge Rebecca Bromley tossed out Bruce's latest ballot issue on the grounds that it violated the single subject rule. The judge is a big- government sympathizer, Bruce will...
By Linda Haugsted The Federal Communications Commission's recent order requiring local governments to approve applications from new video providers within 90 days represents an "abuse of discretion" and violates federal law, according to petitions for review filed April 3 by a...
A five-year chronology of ACA International's government affairs achievements. Government affairs has been a cornerstone of ACA International's ACA member-driven activities since the association's founding in 1939. Depending upon the Congress, the business climate, the economy and the corresponding needs of the membership, the level of government affairs...
Qwest Communications International Inc. can merge its local and long-distance telephone operations with fewer government restrictions than some rivals had sought, U.S. regulators said. The Federal Communications Commission agreed Wednesday not to subject Qwest's long-distance division to some so-called dominant- carrier rules, which impose price controls and other...
The Federal Communications Commission FCC has denied a petition by a small California telecom carrier to reverse the agency's nearly-two-year-old abolition of unbundled network element platforms (UNE-P). Apparently, the commission couldn't decide on the issue, and it's agreeing with the rural company - by default -...
Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER FCC plans public comments on Cyren Call public-safety proposal The Federal Communications Commission plans to put the Cyren Call Communications Inc. petition out for public comment shortly, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told the Democratic...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Lawyers for the Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ (OC, Inc.) today (Sept. 12) sent a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, requesting that the Commission take action on several OC, Inc.-sponsored petitions to deny pending license renewals, and expressing concern...
There's a bit of a battle waiting to boil over among carriers at the Federal Communications Commission FCC over a series of copy-cat incumbent local exchange carrier ILEC petitions seeking exceptions from broadband regulation as a result of the commission giving that "light touch" treatment to ...
Internet service provider EarthLink this past week was left contemplating whether any further legal action is advisable after a U.S. appellate court rejected its petitions to review or countermand federal regulations that allegedly didn't go far enough in forcing major carriers to unbundle high-speed fiber lines...
Madalyn Murray O'Hair never petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to get religious broadcasting off the air. James Dobson never launched a petition drive to stop her. O'Hair died more than a decade ago, but the rumor about her FCCpetition lives on. The commission has received millions of...
By Mark Rockwell Following big storms and unfavorable court rulings, lobbyists regroup. In the wake of the historic storms along the Gulf Coast and a series of regulatory setbacks, a key environmental group in the fight...
Late last Friday, Competitive Telecommunications Association CompTel dissatisfaction with the Federal Communications Commission FCC and its perceived pro-telco leanings (TPR, March 27) boiled over into a 78-page court request to review a wide range of FCC rulings deregulating incumbent local exchange carriers ILECs dating back to...
The flap about the Federal Communications Commission allowing Verizon Communications services to be exempt from common carrier rules and obligations under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 and the commission's Computer Inquiry stems from the company's Dec. 20, 2004, petition to forbear from applying...
It's been calling for more federal leadership, additional professional funding, radio communications/systems interoperability, enhanced 911 capabilities for next-generation networks/services and a host of other future initiatives. Now, the Federal Communications Commission has given the American public- safety, law-enforcement and emergency-user community some new spectrum and ...
The Association of National Advertisers ANA has told the FCC that, like Viacom, it is withdrawing its petition criticizing the digital kids-TV rules and will join Viacom in its court challenge to those regulations. ANA initially raised concerns with the rules in...
WASHINGTON -- Wireless carriers and CTIA are pushing the FCC to head off states pushing to regulate customer termination fees. The companies filed comments at the commission in August on a CTIA petition that would take away states' abilities to regulate early ...
SBC Communications has been unable to convince the FCC that Internet Protocol IP platform services should be free from common carrier regulation - in large part because a favorable commission ruling on such a request could have stirred up a hornet's nest on unregulated services and competitive...
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