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Product Description: Including in-depth, expert analysis of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, here is the powerful legal analysis and practice guide you've been waiting for to the new realities of satellite, cable, and emerging broadband technologies...read more

Product Description: This definitive legal guide to the new world of telecommunications provides you with the thorough, authoritative analysis you need to understand and comply with the complex regulatory landscape in the industry.You'll find timely review of key legislation, FCC rules, regulations and orders, and court decisions with extensive citations and cross-references for such essential topics as:The economics of interconnection and detailed discussions of pricing methodologies of offering services for resaleInterconnection rules for wireline networks, including the specific rules imposed on incumbent LECsAntitrust litigation in the wake of the 1996 Act, with comprehensive analysis of the cases brought against incumbent local telephone companiesSignificant changes to universal services requirementsRegulations and policies involving horizontal and vertical mergers and acquisitionsThe FCC's rule-making and other powersRights and duties arising from the laws of privacy, intellectual property and free speechAnd much more...read more

Identify the opportunities and avoid potential problems in the exploding area of telecommunications law with the book that defines the field. In sixteen chapters, three expert authors answer all the legal, regulatory, and policy questions surrounding the telecommunications industry and confront the most urgent current issues, including: * Modifications to the AT&T consent decree to permit the Bell companies to enter new businesses * The FCC's "open network architecture" rules * The replacement of rate-of-return regulation with "price caps" * Privacy and First Amendment implications of "Caller ID" and other technological developments With texts of both the AT&T and GTE consent decrees, Federal Telecommunications Law is an indispensable weapon in the ongoing struggle to comply with inconsistent and shifting regulations.