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.

HEADLINES

07/02/2009
WCB grants Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc.'s request for waiver of the Commission's "all-or-nothing" rule.
Memorandum Opinion and Order: Word | PDF | Text

06/29/2009
FCC Adopts Procedural Rules Governing Petitions for Forbearance.
Report and Order: Word | PDF
Copps Statement: Word | PDF
Adelstein Statement: Word | PDF
McDowell Statement: Word | PDF

06/25/2009
Reply Comment Deadline for National Broadband Plan NOI Extended to July 21, 2009.
Memorandum Opinion and Order: Word | PDF | Text

06/25/2009
FCC Approves Embarq-CenturyTel Merger with Conditions.
Memorandum Opinion and Order: Word | PDF
Copps Statement: Word | PDF
Adelstein Statement: Word | PDF
McDowell Statement: Word | PDF

06/24/2009
FCC Announces The Next Meeting Of The North American Numbering Council. WC Docket Number 92-237.
Public Notice: Word | PDF | Text

06/08/2009
WCB Accepts Partial Relinquishment of Virginia Cellular ETC Designation in Virginia.
Order: Word | PDF | Text

06/04/2009
Bureau Seeks Comment on Competitive Provision of 911 Service Issue Presented By Consolidated Arbitration Proceedings.
Public Notice: Word | PDF | Text

06/04/2009
FCC Releases New Telephone Subscribership Report. The report presents subscribership statistics based on the Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the Census Bureau in November 2008.
News Release: Word | PDF | Text
Report: PDF | Text

• 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.