USTelecom argues its case against special access regulation in a three-piece set of white papers issued late last week. USTelecom represents incumbent telecom carriers, including the nation’s largest telcos AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink. The move comes at a time when…
Just days after opponents said they expect special access data collected by the FCC to show that the special access market is not competitive, USTelecom yesterday said the data will show just the opposite. USTelecom represents incumbent carriers, including some…
The special access market is not competitive — and based on data it has collected, the FCC is likely to assert that, said representatives from a range of organizations that buy special access circuits on Wednesday. Representatives from companies such…
Four of the nation’s largest telecom service providers are facing an FCC investigation into the pricing and terms that they offer to other service providers and to enterprise customers for special access circuits. On Friday the FCC noted that it…
The data that the FCC has collected on the special access services will compel the commission to take steps to foster competition in that market, predicted members of Competify on a call with reporters today. Competify is an organization created…
The FCC late last week moved a step closer to resolving the long-open issue of how much flexibility incumbent carriers should have in setting pricing for the special access circuits that they sell to other carriers and to enterprise customers….
Is the FCC re-thinking the hard line it has taken on special access pricing in the last couple of years? The commission late last week moved CenturyLink a step closer to pricing flexibility on the special access circuits it sells…
USTelecom, the association representing larger and smaller U.S. telcos, is asking the FCC to collect more information about special access pricing. Although the request at first might seem off-the-wall (what telco wants to report more data?), there are some extenuating…
Communications service providers that purchased less than five million dollars in dedicated services in price cap territories in 2013 are not required to file special access pricing data with the FCC, said the federal Office of Management and Budget on…
Windstream isn’t satisfied with how AT&T has proposed to handle wholesale customers in its proposal for TDM-to-IP transition trials and is asking the FCC to establish rules to govern this aspect of the IP transition. Windstream, an AT&T wholesale customer,…
The FCC said yesterday that AT&T will not be allowed to eliminate long-term discounts on special access circuits for at least five months while the commission investigates the matter further. “We find that there are substantial questions regarding the lawfulness…