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Telecommunications Act of 1996
(redirected from Telecom Reform Act)

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Telecommunications Act of 1996
Legislation in the United States that deregulated telecommunications. It changed regulations for telephones, television broadcasts and cable in order to reduce barriers to entry and increase competition. It also regulated explicit material broadcast on television. See also: Communications Decency Act.


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17, 2002 With wireline telecom provider capital expenditure stalled, and regional Bell telephone companies lobbying Congress to repeal line-sharing provisions of the 1996 Telecom Reform Act, an increasing number of Internet service providers have begun to use unlicensed wireless spectrum to bridge the bandwidth gap in the last mile.
Paradyne's success as a pioneer in Digital Subscriber Line technology is due to a combination of our 30-year history of innovation and access to the public network enabled by the 1996 Telecom Reform Act," said May.
We were extremely impressed with the firm's knowledge around the regulatory requirements for RBOC compliance with Section 271 of the Telecom Reform Act, as well as their depth in OSS interconnection.
 
 
 
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