# Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced Telecommunications Capability
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule; announcement of effective date. · Published 1999-06-02 · Effective 1999-05-13 · 64 FR 29598
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-13912
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 29598
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 51
- **Publication date:** 1999-06-02
- **Effective date:** 1999-05-13
- **FCC docket:** CC Docket No. 98-147
## Abstract

The Commission amended its rules relating to local competition. The First Report and Order adopted several measures designed to promote competition in the advanced services markets. The intended effect was to remove barriers to competition so that competing providers are able to compete effectively with incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) and their affiliates in the provision of advanced services. An additional effect of the First Report and Order was to ensure that incumbent LECs are able to make their decisions to invest in, and deploy, advanced telecommunications services based on market demand and their own strategic business plans, rather than on regulatory requirements.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/06/02/99-13912/deployment-of-wireline-services-offering-advanced-telecommunications-capability)
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