U.S. plans more phone competition

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The US Dept of Justice is paving the way for regional Bell operating companies to enter the long-distance carrier market. Anne K. Bingaman, Assistant Attorney General to the Justice Dept's antitrust division, described a new policy that would allow Bell companies that could prove that they were exposed to competition to enter the long-distance services market. Industry analysts report that the change in policy shows how eager the Clinton administration is to relax some of the restrictions included in the 1984 consent decree that split up the former Bell System. That consent decree is administered by the antitrust division. The new policy could also upstage Congressional efforts to pass telecommunications legislation to eliminate barriers that separate the long-distance, cable television and local telephone service industries.

Long Distance Telephone Svc, Telephone communications, exc. radio, Long distance telephone services, Regional Bell Operating Companies, United States. Department of Justice. Antitrust Division, Long-distance telephone service, Competition, Bell Regional Holding Companies, Government Activity

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MCI will compete in local phone services

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MCI is planning to offer a variety of local telephone services to business subscribers in New York and nine other cities by the end of 1995. The move will represent the most aggressive competition against the local Bell companies by a long-distance carrier. MCI officials say that although the initial focus of the project will be to concentrate on small businesses, the company will eventually seek to enter the residential market also. MCI will be competing with Nynex and several other small telecommunications companies which have been able to offer small businesses drastically lower rates. MCI committed itself to developing local telephone services in 1994 with a $2 billion investment in a new business unit called MCI Metro. The company had been vague until now about its specific business plans.

Services, Telephone company, Telephone companies, Local telephone services, Company services, MCI Communications Corp., MCIC, Local telephone service

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Congress votes to reshape communicates industry, ending a 4-year struggle; sweeping impact; Clinton set to sign bill that is expected spur competition

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Both branches of the US Congress vote in favor of a sweeping telecommunications reform bill that promises to deregulate the cable TV, local and long-distance telephone markets. Supporters of the bill suggest that its passage will result in better services, prices, alternatives and products for consumers while simultaneously creating thousands of US jobs. The bill opens cable TV and telephone markets to companies that offer a wider variety of services, reducing many ownership restrictions, but many consumer groups fear that the bill will ultimately result in higher prices for users. The bill also contains provisions that require TV set manufacturers to implement features that consumers can use to censor violent programming, and it prohibits the transmission of pornography on the Internet.

United States. Congress

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