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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2153)	12/14/1998 7:52:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

FCC Urged Over AT&T-TCI Merger December 14, 1998 WASHINGTON - The Associated Press: A key lawmaker says federal regulators shouldn't force AT&T Corp. and Tele-Communications Inc. to take on new obligations as a condition for winning approval of their planned merger. John Dingell, the highest-ranking Democrat on the House Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Federal Communications Commission, said Friday the agency should look for ways to reduce regulations on companies, not increase them. ''The FCC should be looking at how to remove the barriers to building broadband networks, for TCI and every company,'' Dingell, of Michigan, said in a speech to communications lawyers here. America Online, phone companies and consumer groups have asked the FCC to require AT&T to make TCI's high-speed cable TV lines _ which reach one-third of U.S. homes _ available to potential competitors as a condition for approval of their merger. The merger's opponents want access to those high-speed, or broadband, lines to offer competing Internet, cable and even phone services. AT&T and TCI oppose a government access requirement but are open to working out business arrangements for individual companies to be able to use the lines. The FCC and the Justice Department are reviewing the proposed $48 billion merger to see if it would be good for customers and for competition.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2153)	12/14/1998 9:47:00 PM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

All: I think a year in review is appropriate, so I will try to frame a few categories in the coming days. Anyone else find an assortment of collective news item, please jump in. Temp' News from CLECs in review: Colorado Rejects U S West Rebundling Plan for CLECs Number Of Major Multistate CLECs Triples Since 1997 Telecom A.M. Analysis: Wall Street Will Demand More Of CLECs in '97 Smaller Customers May Demand Wireless Offerings From CLECs Illinois ALJ Says Ameritech Owes CLECs Reciprocal Local Compensation On ISP Calls CLECs See Business Opportunities In AT&T WLL Plans Michigan CLECs Fight 650% Pole Attachment Hike By State's PCS Player Says Wireless Is The Next Great Hope For CLECs Salomon Brothers Predict 8th Circuit Court Ruling Favors CLECs Conference Update: Strategic Partnering Key To Expansion For CLECs ALTS Report: Wall Street Gurus Say CLECs Must Act Fast In Market Entry Alabama Orders CLECs, BellSouth To File IntraLATA Toll Dialing Parity Plans Michigan PSC Authorizes Three More CLECs Clecs Eye Residential Opportunities Thanks To Fed Law CLECs Stand To Gain From MCI's Local Push Experts: CLECs Should Be Salivating Over MCI's Local Push CLECs May Be Shut Out Of Capital Markets Temporarily Delaware Proposes Simplified Price-Change Rules For CLECs CLECs Battle ILECs Over Long-Distance Entry CLECs Oppose U S West Price Cap Plan In Colorado Number of State-Certified CLECs Triples in Year Idaho Approves Two More CLECs Florida PSC Says CLECs Don't Have Unlimited Rebundling Rights Clecs Get Down To Business Hammering Out Interconnection Deals Bell Atlantic Cannot Block CLECs, Charge Termination Fees CLECs $2.2 Billion In Revenue Driven By Switched Services FCC Strikes Down Texas Build-Out Law; Opens Door For Resale-Based CLECs BellSouth CEO Says CLECs Took 130,000 Customers Bear, Stearns Bullish on CLECs AMS, Kenan Products Focus On CLECs Idaho Proposes Incumbency Rules for First CLECs Offering Service in Area Per-Line Fee Plan Called Best For CLECs and ILECs Texas PUC Sets List of Steps SBC Must Take for Long Distance Endorsement Customers' Time Crucial Commodity In CLECs Move Forward CENTIGRAM HAWKS VOICE SYSTEMS TO CLECs New Study Says CLECs Will Fuel Growth Of Landline Industry SBC ASKS CALIF. PUC FOR LONG DISTANCE BLESSING, CLECs URGE IMMEDIATE DENIAL CLECs Certified In Several States Software Firm Says It Can Save CLECs Money On Local Number Portability Nortel Aims Local Number Portability Software At CLECs Neither LECs Nor CLECs Like FCC Advanced Networking Proposal Washington Judge Finds U S West Service to CLECs Inadequate N.C. Commission Asks If It Can Issue Local 'Fresh Look' Rule Sought By CLECs WinStar CEO Sees Eighth Circuit Ruling As Validation Of Wireless CLECs N.Y. ALJ Urges Denial Of Bell Atlantic Bid To Bill CLECs For OSS Development Costs New Pacific Bell Call Center To Aid CLECs CLEC Stocks Rose 30 Percent this Year and Will Reverse Recent Slide, Bear Stearns Says Michigan Says ISP Calls Are Local, Orders Ameritech To Pay $6M Compensation Telecom A.M.'s Big Picture: Post FTS2000 Buying Strategy Urges Facilities-Based Competition Mich. Sets Nov. 21 Hearing Of Ameritech-CLEC Tiff Over Internet Call Payments 8th Circuit Court's Decision Goes Way Beyond Severing FCC's Pricing Rules Education, Simplicity Key To Ad Battle In Local Exchange Local News: $2 Billion Internet Market Helps Leverage CLEC Networks Oregon Says Telcos Can't Require Colocation for Rebundling Texas PUC Seeks 3rd-Party Tests of Southwestern Bell OSS The Big 3 Move In On The Fight For Rights To Local Market Share FCC Clears Up Shared Transport Questions TSI Aims Multiplexer at CLECs, ILECs Florida Bill Gives CLECs Legal Right To Access Rights Of Way Owned By Localities ALTS TOUTS PROGRESS OF FACILITIES-BASED CLECs Florida CLECs Seek PSC Action to Force Open Local Markets Maryland CLECs Critical of Recent PSC Decision CLECs Say U S West Hasn't Met Long Distance Tests in New Mexico N.Y. Judge Says BA Needs All-Electronic Bundling System New Hughes Data Switching Platform Aimed At CLECs WUTC Rules On U S West's Request To Have CLEC Pay For Upgrades CLECs Choose Providers Of Enhanced Technology Amdahl Aims New Inspire IN System At CLECs Smith Barney Adds Two CLECs To Coverage List Kansas, Alabama Approve Additional CLECs For Local Services N.Y. Says Bell Atlantic Must Unbundle Subloops, But CLECs Must Pay Share Of Costs FCC Says States Don't Have To Arbitrate Disputes For Unauthorized CLECs CLECs Needn't Unbundle For Bell Atlantic, Delaware PSC Arbitrator Rules U S West Goes To Court To Stall CLECs In Arizona Greed And Fear: CLECs Need To Understand Wall Street's Driving Forces Georgia, Indiana OK More CLECs; New Contracts Made In Indiana, N.C. Qwest To Sell Capacity On New System To CLECs Nebraska Downgrades CLECs in U S West Section 271 Review It's Official: Jones, TCG Become CLECs in Virginia U S West Goes To Court To Stall CLECs In Arizona USN Communications Leads CLECs In Q2 Growth FCC Enters Reciprocal Compensation Debate TELECOM A.M. -- February 27, 1998 ALTS Update: CLEC Execs Debate Acquisitions In Light Of Deregulation DOJ Seeks Comment On Impact Of RBOC Long-Distance Entry BA Refutes Pennsylvania Senator's Charges on ISP Rates Massachusetts Rules ISP Calls Local BellSouth Asks FCC to Resolve Internet Compensation Quickly Competitors Form Lobbying Coalition in Massachusetts WorldCom Says FCC Should Not Reclassify Internet Traffic Bell Atlantic Asks New Jersey to Endorse Section 271 Bid Ameritech Drops Bid to Reject ISP Calls for Compensation New York PSC Releases Bell Atlantic Long Distance 'Road Map' Have Competitive Local Choice By 2000 Texas PUC Arbitrator Breaks Precedent; Says Calls To ISPs Are Not Local California 22nd State to Rule ISP Calls are Local BellSouth CLEC Training Draws 15 Percent of Competitors Kentucky Regulators Restrict Bellsouth's CLEC Unit