Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 12 Apr 91 08:44:48 -0700 From: Peter Marshall Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: RBOCs and Information Services Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 293, Message 8 of 11 Lines: 9 According to articles in COMMUNICATIONS DAILY and THE NEW YORK TIMES on 4/5, Judge Greene has scheduled oral argument for 4/18-19 on question of RBOC ownership of info services; while in the 4/1 INDUSTRY WEEK, an A.T. Kearney, Inc. consultant stated, "I don't believe that the Bell companies bring any distinctive competency or advantage to offering content-based information services," and that collecting and adding value to such services is "just beyond their area of expertise."