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FCC gave Verizon permission to remove Ill. and Ohio from list of ...

FCC gave Verizon permission to remove Ill. and Ohio from list of states for which it has to file monthly performance reports as required by Bell Atlantic-GTE merger order. Merger order requires Verizon to report data demonstrating its progress…

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in opening local markets to competitors, using 17 performance measurements. FCC determined state regulatory bodies in Ill. and Ohio had instituted “comprehensive” performance plans, therefore qualifying those states for removal from merger’s reporting requirements. Verizon was informed of action in Jan. 8 letter signed by Carol Mattey, deputy chief of FCC Common Carrier Bureau.