Telecommunications: Development of Competition in Local Telephone Markets
RCED-00-38
Published: Jan 25, 2000. Publicly Released: Feb 08, 2000.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the development of competition in telecommunications markets, focusing on the: (1) development of competition in local telephone markets and the market strategies employed by new carriers in five states under the 1996 Telecommunications Act; and (2) key issues affecting that development and the enforcement activities of federal and state regulators to address those issues.
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