F.C.C. Chief Will Enforce Phone Curbs

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell announded that beginning October 1, the F.C.C. will enforce do-not-call rules against telemarketers who have received the llist from the Federal Trade Commission. Telemarketers who call any of the 50 million Americans who have signed up for the list can be fined up to $11,000 for each violation. Although George W. Bush and Congress have clarified the trade commission's authority on the do-not-call registry, legal and jurisdictional questions remain, insofar as a federal judge has ruled that the commission's rules violate the free speech rights of telemarketers, and has denied a request to stay the judgement, spurring the agency to file an appeal.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities, Government regulation, Telecommunications Regulation, Other Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Telemarketing Services, Telemarketing Bureaus, Legal/Government Regulation, Business services, not elsewhere classified, Telemarketing, Communications Programs, Communications Regulatn-Total Govt, Free Speech & Assembly, Analysis, Company legal issue, Cases, Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunications regulations, United States. Federal Communications Commission, Freedom of speech, Powers and duties, United States. Federal Trade Commission, Telecommunication policy, Telecommunications policy, Government communications regulation, Commercial speech doctrine, American Teleservices Association

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Qwest Steps Up to Lure AT&T's Customers

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After AT&T announced that it would stop trying to attract residential customers, Qwest stepped up its advertising, and speculation started about whether or not AT&T is a takeover target.

Acquisitions & mergers, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Telephone Communication, Market share, Advertising, Advertising Activity, Services discontinued, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Company acquisition/merger, AT&T Corp., T, Communications industry, Qwest Communications International Inc., Company market share, Service discontinuation

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