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99 CIS S 52153
TITLE: Third
Anniversary of the Telecom Act: A Competition and Antitrust Review
CIS-NO: 99-S521-53
SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-103
DATE: Feb. 25, 1999
LENGTH: iii+56 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1042-A; 1042-B
SUDOC: Y4.J89/2:S.HRG.106-103
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. J-106-3.
Hearing before the Subcom on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition to
review implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
enacted to promote competition in the telecommunications market.
Supplementary material (p. 55-56) includes a submitted statement.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Telecommunications regulatory
policies implementation review
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON ANTITRUST, BUSINESS RIGHTS, AND COMPETITION.
SENATE; FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; TELECOMMUNICATION REGULATION;
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT; COMPETITION
99-S521-53 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Feb. 25, 1999 p. 9-53
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
KENNARD, WILLIAM E. (Chairman, FCC)
KLEIN, JOEL I. (Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust
Division, Department of Justice)
PRESSLER, LARRY (former
Senator, South Dakota)
HUNDT, REED E. (former Chairman,
FCC)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Positive
effects of increased competition on the telecommunications industry; benefits to
consumers of increased number of competitive local exchange carriers since
passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; outlook for
growth in the telecommunications industry, with details on local markets; views
on FCC implementation of the Telecommunications Act.
CONTENT
NOTATION:
Telecommunications regulatory policies
implementation review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION; ANTITRUST DIVISION,
JUSTICE DEPT.; TELEPHONE AND TELEPHONE INDUSTRY; CONSUMERS 
