Georgia's General Assembly will be considering new communications legislation that effectively deregulates voice telephony regardless of technology by restricting or removing much of the state's Public Service Commission authority and oversight ? based mainly on a three-month-long study and recommendation made late last year by a joint...
Gov. Jim Doyle on Friday named Sen. Mark Meyer, D-La Crosse, to a seat on the Wisconsin Public Service Commission on Friday. Meyer, 41, served in the Assembly from 1992 until 2000, when when he was elected to the state Senate.He said he will leave the Senate when the current...
By Rocky Scott, Tallahassee Democrat, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 4--Public Service Commission members thwarted efforts Monday to derail a proposed $355million local phone-rate increase but also criticized phone companies for not providing information to show that the increase would...
By Beatrice E. Garcia, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 11--The cost of basic phone service in South Florida could jump $3 to $3.50 a month over the next two to four years if a proposed telecom bill passes in...
When George Bush gets the nod on November 6, good things for rural telcos will -- in time -- happen. Why? Well, cause VP candidate Cheney is from Wyoming. He understands how we have been picked on, kicked around and otherwise badly treated by the Clinton Administration's Bureau of Land...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 3--AIR CANADA'S TALKS WITH PILOTS BREAK OFF: Talks broke off late Tuesday between Air Canada and its 2,100 pilots. "Flights are cancelled until we are able to negotiate a settlement and we can get the pilots back to work," said Priscille...
LANSING - In the early discussions over rewriting Michigan's main telecommunications law, sides are forming: those who want bolster state powers over and regulation of companies such as Ameritech Corp., and those who don't. The rewrite is expecte LANSING - In the...
Tennessee PSC Tries To Silence Cable Group The Tennessee Public Service Commission last week asked the FCC to block distribution of a cable TV industry spot designed to elicit public criticism of a $400 million high-technology plan known as FYI Tennessee. ...
Byline: Amy Lane With state budget crunches consuming both time and money, the Granholm administration is focusing on basic-but-needed improvements to the state's telecommunications backbone rather than glitz. In the works: A single state govern Byline: Amy Lane ...
Byline: Amy Lane The next rewrite of Michigan's main telecommunications law is starting to move onto some Capitol radar screens. Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema, R-Wyoming, plans this year to appoint a task force, Michigan Public Service Comm Byline: Amy Lane...
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...
Internet users can see the best streaming video available, as some of the nation's leading public officials discuss telecommunications issues ranging from fixed wireless, to public-private partnerships, to deployment to rural and multicultural communities. Representatives from major communications companies, including AT&T, Nortel, MCI, Bell South, the Florida Internet Technology Task...
Byline: Amy Lane The way Michigan businesses communicate - and even compete - is on the line in the state Capitol. During the next few months, legislators will debate the next generation of Michigan telecommunications law, potentially drafting Byline:...
Maryland lawmakers yesterday struck a compromise with telephone giant Verizon on legislation aimed at easing the competitive path for small and large rivals in the local telephone industry. The measure -- which the House of Delegates was expected to pass after The Daily Record's deadline last night -- clarifies...
FL Approves Telecom Law TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Florida lawmakers on the last day of the legislative session passed an innovative package of regulatory measures to replace the state's existing telecommunications law, due to sunset this year. The leg FL Approves...
Maryland lawmakers killed nearly every substantive bill meant to boost telecommunications competition this year, yet they managed to pass a few key measures that will have to suffice to satisfy critics.
Maryland lawmakers killed nearly every substantive bill meant to boost telecommunications competition this year, yet they managed to pass a few key measures that will have to suffice to satisfy critics.
In December, the staff of the Public Service Commission asked the agency to reject the proposed merger of Nynex and Bell Atlantic. A month later, Nynex broke off talks with opponents of the deal, which could have softened efforts to block the merger. TIn December, the staff...
By Steven Oberbeck, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News By Steven Oberbeck, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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