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.

05/06/08
Bureau Grants Price Cap Conversion Requests Filed By Puerto Rico Telephone Co., Inc., Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., and Frontier Communications. WC Docket Nos. 07-291, 08-18, 07-292
Order: Word | Acrobat

05/02/08
Interim Cap Clears Way For Comprehensive Reform.
News Release: Word | Acrobat

05/01/08
FCC Takes Action to Cap High Cost Support Under the Universal Service Fund. WC Docket Nos. 96-45, 05-337
News Release: Word | Acrobat
Order: Word | Acrobat
Martin Statement: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

04/30/08
The Wireline Competition Bureau grants a petition filed by Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation and PTI Pacifica, Inc. to waive the DTV notification requirements in section 54.418 of the Commission's rules. WC Docket Nos. 96-45, 07-148
Order: Word | Acrobat

04/28/08
FCC Denies CTIA's Petition Seeking Universal Service True-Up Relief.
Order on Consideration: Word | Acrobat

4/24/08
FCC Grants AT&T Forbearance From Legacy Cost Assignment Rules.
Order: Word | Acrobat
Copps & Adelstein Joint Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: Word | Acrobat
McDowell Statement: Word | Acrobat

04/23/08
WCB dismisses appeal of 360networks (USA), Inc. seeking refund of late payment fees related to universal service fund contributions.
Order: Word | Acrobat

04/21/08
FCC Grants Qwest Forbearance Relief in Terry, Montana.
Order: Word | Acrobat

04/21/08
Federal-State Joint Board On Universal Service, Illinois Commerce Commission, Et Al Request For Waiver. WC Docket 96-45.
Order: Word | Acrobat

04/18/08
PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON VERMONT TELEPHONE COMPANY'S PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING REGARDING INTERCONNECTION RIGHTS. WC Docket 08-56. Comments Due: 05/19/08. Replies Due: 06/09/08
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

04/18/08
INITIATION OF A PROCEEDING TO CONSIDER A PETITION FILED BY SAGEBRUSH CELLULAR, INC. FOR COMMISSION AGREEMENT IN REDEFINING THE SERVICE AREA OF A RURAL TELEPHONE COMPANY IN THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA. WC Docket 96-45. Comments Due: 05/19/08. Replies Due: 06/03/08
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat

04/18/08
WCB extends the temporary assignment of three toll free numbers used as suicide prevention hotlines to SAMHSA for an additional 90 days (until July 17, 2008). WC Docket 95-155
Order: Word | Acrobat

04/15/08
Pleading Cycle established for comments on the Verizon Telephone Companies Petition for Forbearance in the Virginia Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area. WC Docket 08-49
Comments Due: 05/19/08. Replies Due: 06/09/08
Public Notice: Word | Acrobat
First Protective Order: Word | Acrobat
Second Protective Order: Word | Acrobat

04/11/08
Federal State Joint Board/Access Charge Reform/Universal Service Contribution Methodology/Petition For Reconsideration And Clarification Of The Fifth Circuit Remand Order Of BellSouth Corporation. WC Docket Numbers 96-262, 96-45, 06-122.
Order on Reconsideration: Word | Acrobat

04/11/08
FCC Conditionally Designates Tracfone As An Eligible Telecommunications Carrier For Lifeline Service In Several States. CC Docket No. 96-45
Order: Word | Acrobat
Copps Statement: Word | Acrobat
Adelstein Statement: Word | Acrobat
Tate Statement: 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.