Seven-digit dialing going the way of the rotary phone

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A new 10-digit dialing system will be introduced in December 1998 in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The system requires customers to dial 10-digits to make a phone call locally. Customers will have to start using the system by June 1999. Many experts assert that Southeastern Pennsylvania could have postponed the arrival of the system if rival phone firms in the state had reached a compromise on how to divide the thousands of phone numbers that were designated to them. In May 1998, the PUC decided to establish new area codes in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The decision of the commission was supported by telephone companies.

Services information, Local Telephone Service, Local telephone services

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A phone-company lifer faces his top challenge

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The chief executive officer of Bell Atlantic, Ivan Seidenberg, is confident of his company's future as it seeks to complete the proposed merger with GTE. The merger, which is awaiting approval from federal regulators, will allow the company to gain ground as it markets long distance telephone service on the East Coast and expands its operations throughout the country and world. Bell Atlantic also is seeking to improve its customer service and its high-speed Internet access service.

United States, Asset sales & divestitures, Acquisitions & mergers, Bell Atlantic Corp., GTE Corp.

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Pittsburg wins benefits from AT&T cable deal

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AT&T has reached an agreement with the city of Pittsburgh to make available its high-speed cable network to other Internet access providers. The deal will give the city intranets and assistance with its public access channel in exchange for approval of AT&T's cable television franchise.

Government regulation, Telephone communications, exc. radio, AT&T Corp., T

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