Sprint Responds to D.C. Circuit Court Decision in USTA v. FCC
March 02 2004 - 5:36PM
PR Newswire (US)
Sprint Responds to D.C. Circuit Court Decision in USTA v. FCC
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Although Sprint is
still in the process of analyzing today's decision, Sprint laments
the fact that the decision will inevitably prolong the regulatory
uncertainty that has existed since the Telecommunications Act of
1996 was signed into law more than eight years ago. The court's
decision will make it more difficult to foster local competition --
particularly in the mass market -- through the use of incumbent
local carrier network elements at cost-based prices, contrary to
what Sprint believes Congress intended in the '96 Act. Sprint has
always favored full and fair competition in all markets and will
continue to use its expanding local metropolitan area networks and
its nationwide, state-of-the-art wireless and fiber optic networks
to bring a full range of all-distance services to consumers and to
business of all sizes. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001013/SPRINTLOGO) About
Sprint Sprint is a global integrated communications provider
serving more than 26 million customers in over 100 countries. With
approximately 67,000 employees worldwide and over $26 billion in
annual revenues in 2003, Sprint is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying state-of-the-art network
technologies, including the United States' first nationwide
all-digital, fiber-optic network and an award-winning Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint provides local communications services in
39 states and the District of Columbia and operates the largest
100-percent digital, nationwide PCS wireless network in the United
States. For more information, visit http://www.sprint.com/ .
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Sowders of Sprint, +1-202-585-1948, Web site:
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