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FCC Approves Verizon's Bid for Long-Distance Service in Pennsylvania.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2001
By Akweli Parker, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 20--The Federal Communications Commission approved Verizon Communications Inc.'s bid to offer long-distance telephone service in Pennsylvania yesterday.
The decision, by a 3-1 vote, makes Pennsylvania the fourth state in which Verizon, as the incumbent local-phone provider, can also offer long-distance. The FCC previously granted approval for Verizon to sell the service in New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
The road to yesterday's FCC decision was a tough one for Verizon, marked by litigation brought by competitors and intense examination by state regulators over several years.
"The state's already-robust telecommunications marketplace will...
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