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Reuters News Wire (reuters@telecom-digest.org) Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:37:27 -0500
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A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld the Federal Communications Commission's latest attempt to ease requirements that the large telephone companies lease their networks to competitors at government-set rates.
A divided FCC ruled in December 2004 that companies such as AT&T
Under the new rules for the residential market, the big carriers,
The FCC set a transition period for the new regulations to take
"Because we conclude the commission's fourth try is a charm, we deny
The FCC has tried for almost a decade to set local telephone rules to
"The commission is pleased that the court has upheld its
To boost competition, the 1996 Telecommunications Act authorized the
Jim Kirkland, Covad's general counsel, said the decision added to
Covad competes with Verizon and AT&T, but it also rents local
"You've seen a whole new era of stability and greater increase in
The earlier battles over the rules pitted the Bells against Covad and
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