CLEC interconnection.FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. authority on pricing guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. upheld The Association for Local Telecommunications Services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. (ALTS ALTS Association for Local Telecommunications Services ALTS Aarhus Lawn Tennis Selskab (Denmark) ALTS Annotated Labeled Transition System ALTS Analogue Line Terminating Subsystem ALTS Automatic Laser Tracking System ), the nation's leading organization representing competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), approved a Supreme Court decision upholding the FCC's authority to set pricing guidelines for interconnection in·ter·con·nect v. in·ter·con·nect·ed, in·ter·con·nect·ing, in·ter·con·nects v.intr. To be connected with each other: The two buildings interconnect. v.tr. to local phone company networks. "We are very pleased with this decision, which confirms the ability of competitors to obtain the network elements they need in order to provide service," said John Windhausen, Jr., ALTS president. "Congress got it right with the Telecom Act, the states have done a great job in opening up the local network, and today the Supreme Court has taken further steps to promote the competitive deployment of advanced technologies. This landmark decision A landmark decision is the outcome of a legal case (often thus referred to as a landmark case) that establishes a precedent that either substantially changes the interpretation of the law or that simply establishes new case law on a particular issue. removes another legal obstacle that the monopolies had attempted to put in the path of the new generation of competitive providers." The Supreme Court took action on several issues key to the CLECs' future: * Restoring the FCC's authority to articulate pricing guidelines; * Upholding the FCC's definition of network elements; * Requiring incumbent monopolies to make combinations of network elements available to competitors; * Allowing competitors the right to "pick-and-choose" provisions from other companies' network-interconnection agreements when negotiating their own contracts with the monopolies. |
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