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Title

  • Main Title Telecommunications Act: Competition, Innovation, and Reform

Creator

  • Author: Goldfarb, Charles B.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Industrial Organization and Telecommunications Policy; Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2007-06-07

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: In 1996, Congress enacted comprehensive reform of the nation’s statutory and regulatory framework for telecommunications by passing the Telecommunications Act, which substantially amended the 1934 Communications Act. The general objective of the 1996 Act was to open up markets to competition by removing unnecessary regulatory barriers to entry. This report discusses the history of the law and examines current issues.
  • Physical Description: 86 Pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Telecommunication
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Telecommunication law and legislation
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Telecommunication systems

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Rights

  • Rights License: pd

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RL33034
  • Accession or Local Control No: RL33034_2007Jun07
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc822467
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