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Contact: Celeste Powers Director of Public Affairs (202) 835-9898, ext.3015 cpowers@ascent.org | ||
| Supreme Courts Decision is a "SLAM
DUNK" For Competition States TRA |
| (Washington, D.C., January 25, 1999) - In response to the Supreme Court's decision today addressing the FCC's Local Competition Order (AT&T Corp. et al. V. Iowa Utilities Board et al.), the Telecommunications Reseller Association's (TRA) President, Ernest B. Kelly, issued the following statement: "This decision is a 'slam dunk' for competition in the telecommunications industry. Consumers everywhere should rejoice. The Supreme Court has recognized the correctness of the FCC's interconnection approach as a linchpin in the efforts to open the local service market to competition. The decision reflects positively on the wisdom and courage of the Commission under the leadership of then Chairman Reed Hundt. It also reflects poorly on certain incumbent local exchange carriers who wasted millions of their shareholders' money to wage legal warfare against the advent of competition." TRA joined AT&T as co-litigants in this case along with other representatives of the competitive telecommunication industry. |
 Association of Communications Enterprises (ASCENT) - http://www.ascent.org/ - is the leading trade organization of entrepreneurial communications firms and their suppliers. ASCENT member companies provide a full range of communications services utilizing narrowband, broadband and wireless technologies. They share a common desire for new business opportunities, technological innovation, managerial excellence, and adherence to high ethical standards. ASCENT's mission is to open all communications markets to full and fair competition and to help member companies design and implement successful business plans. Formerly the Telecommunications Resellers Association (TRA), ASCENT was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. |