Regulatory Treatment of LEC Provision of Interexchange Services Originating in the LEC's Local Exchange Area
other · Federal Communications Commission · Published 1997-07-03 · Effective 1997-09-11 · 62 FR 35974
Document
Document number
97-17407
Federal Register citation
62 FR 35974
CFR reference
47 CFR 64
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
1997-07-03
Effective date
1997-09-11
FCC docket
CC Docket No. 96-149
Abstract
The Second Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-149 and Third Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-61 (Order) addresses issues concerning market definition, the regulatory treatment of Bell Operating Companies' (BOCs) and independent local exchange carriers' (LECs) provision of in-region long distance and international services, and separation requirements for the BOCs' and independent LECs' provision of out-of-region long distance services. This action taken by the Commission will further the pro-competitive, deregulatory objectives of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act) by eliminating unnecessary regulation that is currently imposed on BOCs and, in certain circumstances, on independent LECs.