Wireline Competition Bureau 445 12th St., SW Washington, DC  20554 Tel (202) 418-1500 Fax (202) 418-2825 TTY (202) 418-0484

The Wireline Competition Bureau develops and recommends policy goals, objectives, programs and plans for the Commission on matters concerning wireline telecommunications. The Wireline Competition Bureau’s overall objectives include: ensuring choice, opportunity, and fairness in the development of wireline telecommunications services and markets; developing deregulatory initiatives; promoting economically efficient investment in wireline telecommunications infrastructure; promoting the development and widespread availability of wireline telecommunications services; and fostering economic growth. The Bureau is organized into four divisions and an Administrative and Management Office.

07/21/08
FCC Announces Additional Panelist For Public En Banc Hearing At Carnegie Mellon University On Broadband And The Digital Future.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

07/17/08
Audio Bridging Service Providers To Begin Filing FCC Form 499-Q on August 1, 2008.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

07/17/08
WCB extends the temporary assignment of three toll free numbers used as suicide prevention hotlines to SAMHSA for an additional 120 days (until November 14, 2008). CC Docket No. 95-155.
Order: Word | Acrobat

07/02/08
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO CARRIER DATA FILED IN THE NUMBERING RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND FORECAST REPORTS (NRUF). CC Docket Nos. 95-116, 99-200.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

07/02/08
Comment And Reply Comment Dates Established For The Form 477 Further Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking. CC Docket No. 07-38.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

06/30/2008
Petition Of Windstream Kentucky East, LLC For Pricing Flexibility As Specified In Section 69.727 Of The Commission's Rules For The Lexington, Kentucky MSA And Ashland, Kentucky MSA.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
Protective Order: Word | Acrobat

06/30/08
InterCall Universal Service Contribution Appeal Order.
Order: Word | Acrobat

06/23/2008
CARRYOVER OF UNUSED FEDERAL UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUNDS FOR FUNDING YEAR 2008. Public Notice announcing $600 million in prior unused E-rate funds to be carried forward to increase disbursements to schools and libraries in Funding Year 2008. CC Docket No. 02-6.
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

• The Administrative and Management Office oversees the direction of all Bureau-wide management and administrative programs.

• The Competition Policy Division’s primary mission is to foster competition in the provision of telecommunications services through market-opening rulemaking and adjudicatory proceedings affecting wireline telecommunications service providers. The division also administers numbering resources.

• The Pricing Policy Division administers the provisions of the Communications Act requiring that the charges, practices, classifications, and regulations of communications common carriers providing interstate and foreign services are just and reasonable.

• The Telecommunications Access Policy Division’s primary mission is to advance the goals of universal service that all consumers in the Nation have access to quality telecommunications and information services at affordable rates.

• The Industry Analysis and Technology Division provides economic, financial, and technical analyses of telecommunications markets to the Bureau, and the Commission.