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Title: Universal Service in the United States: A Focus on Mobile Communications.
Author : Federal Communications Law Journal
Release Date : January 01, 2010
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 345 KB

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I. INTRODUCTION One definition of universal service is the provision of a baseline level of telecommunications services to every resident of a country at a reasonable charge. (1) Such a definition, of course, begs the questions of what constitutes a baseline level and what is included in telecommunications services. In the United States, the concept of universal service slowly developed over time. Recent regulatory decisions and technological changes are driving changes in the concept of, and the regulatory mechanisms designed to achieve, universal service. One of the critical changes in universal-service concepts (and customer demands) is toward greater reliance and value derived from mobile communications and broadband Internet connections. (2)