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Latest Telecommunications News Topics of Interest FCC Petitions for forbearance Bundles of telecom services are minimally regulated Broadband Study Telecom Trends report inquiry Summary of service quality reports filed by telecom companies Telephone number resources Interconnection and local competition Customer privacy V Washington telephone assistance program (WTAP) Maps Phantom traffic N11 services Regulated Companies Lists of regulated companies maintained by the UTC. Links to websites of regulated companies. Links to tariffs at regulated company websites. Reporting requirements for all companies. Company How-To's Register as a telecommunications company in Washington state. Expand your operating authority to include a new service. Change your company name on file with the commission. Cancel registration and stop doing business as a telecommunications company in Washington state. Maintain or Withdraw a price list in compliance with the 2006 legislation. Make changes to the prices you charge. File your annual report. Report service outages. Determine the interest rate a company must pay on a customer deposit. Determine if you are a Class A or B telecommunications company. File an interconnection agreement approval request form. Forms for requesting approvals on short notice: Use the LSN form when filing a tariff. Use the LRN form when filing a contract. Telecom Reports Feb. 2006 NARUC ETC survey (Eligible Telecommunications Carriers) Broadband Study (ongoing) Telecom Trends report inquiry (ongoing) Telecom Resources UTC Contacts Laws Rules Tax Fact Sheet Consultant Lists Search the UTC's Online Library

Active Major Cases Triennial Review Remand Order Alternate Form of Regulation - Qwest VNXX PID/PAP modifications Verizon Companies Complaint Against Embarq's Access Charges Verizon Sale of Access Lines to Frontier Active Rulemakings Operator Service & 911 Completed Telecom Rulemakings Access Charges Budgets Carrier-to-carrier Cessation of Service Collocation Eligible Telecommunications Companies Fresh Look - competition Pick & Choose Price lists Line Extension (Extension of Service) Historical Major Cases Unfiled Agreements Mergers and Sales (all closed) Sprint Spinoff Verizon/MCI Merger GTE/Bell Atlantic WorldCom/Sprint Qwest/US West Qwest Dex CenturyTel/Embarq Merger

Links

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• UTC comments to the FCC
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
• Archived Rural Task Force web site

Telecom News Links

• Latest UTC Telecommunications News
• Benton Foundation's News page
• FCC headlines

Staff contact: Virgil Santos
Posted/updated: 07/28/2009