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Date: 14 Aug 90 23:46:08 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 573, Message 3 of 12


Several major news items appeared recently:

Westamerica Bank is the first bank in the U.S. to offer banking by
fax.  [Bus. Wire, 8/7]

California's trend-setting PUC is embarking on its most far-reaching
deregulation of telephone service yet.  Its proposal would let the
likes of AT&T and MCI compete for regional toll service with local
carriers.  Regional toll calls are currently priced higher than some
long-distance calls.  PacTel and GTE say they welcome the change,
since the proposal would allow them to offer discounts to large-volume
customers.  The California agency's proposal could be a model for
other states.  [Bus. Week, 8/13/90]

Bonnie Guiton, director of the US Office of Consumer Affairs, said the
Bush Administration believes that Caller ID regulation should be left
to state PUCs and the FCC.  [Comm. Daily, 8/6/90]

NYNEX is seeking an experimental license from the FCC to test digital
radio technologies as a possible replacement for physical wires in the
local loop.  NYNEX would become the first telco to try to use digital
radio transmission to deliver conventional telephone service in
metropolitan areas.  [WSJ, 8/3/90] --- TBBS v2.1/NM


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