In this issue:
*The Month in Brief
*Congress Releases Report on FCC Processes
*President Signs Digital Television Measure to Allow Emergency Analog Broadcasting
*Wireless Developments
*Wireless Issues in Limbo May Not Be Resolved During the Current Administration
*Comments Regarding Handset Exclusivity Extended to Pursue Industry Negotiations
*FCC to Revise Backup Power Rules Following OMB Disapproval
*Parties Seek Reconsideration of Verizon Wireless–Alltel Merger
*More Criticisms Leveled Against the Administration of the Universal Service Fund While Contribution Factor Sinks Below 10 Percent
*FCC Action on Intercarrier Compensation/Universal Service Reform Further Notice Viewed as Unlikely Following Rockefeller-Waxman Letter and Cancellation of December 18 Open Meeting
*Ninth Circuit Rejects Fones4All Appeal of Forbearance Denial on Exhaustion Grounds
*Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Holds that State Commission Cannot Require More Unbundling than FCC Requires Under Sections 251 and 252
*BCE Leveraged Buyout Collapses
*FCC Maintains Busy Enforcement Schedule
*Upcoming Deadlines for Your Calendar
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