Report: Telecommunications Industry Could Lead Way For Major Economic Boom in Golden State
27 October 2003 - 5:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Report: Telecommunications Industry Could Lead Way For Major
Economic Boom in Golden State WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ --
Deregulation of telecom and broadband service providers could spark
a major economic recovery in financially troubled California,
including the creation of as many as 75,000 jobs in the next three
years, according to a major new Alliance for Public Technology
white paper. The reforms also would mean major benefits for the
state's seniors, schoolchildren, disabled and rural area residents,
according to the report. The live, coast-to-coast telenews media
briefing will be conducted via phone at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST by:
* Matthew D. Bennett, policy director, Alliance for Public
Technology; * Richard A. Bilas, emeritus professor of economics,
California State University, Bakersfield; * James Gordon, Jr.,
assistant to the vice president, Communications Workers of America
(District 9); * Allen S. Hammond IV, director, Broadband Institute
of California; and * Barbara O'Connor, professor, California State
University, Sacramento. TO PARTICIPATE: Join the live, two-way
telephone-based news conference (with full Q&A) at 1-(877)
679-9054 at 11 a.m. PST/2 p.m. EST on Tuesday, October 28, 2003.
Use conference ID #302678 or ask for the "California telecom boom"
news event. CAN'T PARTICIPATE?: The study, a related news release
and a streaming audio replay of the news event will be available on
the Web as of 3 p.m. PST/6 p.m. EST on October 28, 2003 at
http://www.apt.org/. BACKGROUND: The California-specific report
looks at the question of whether current regulatory policy is
constraining or promoting investment in advanced telecommunications
infrastructure in the Golden State. Specifically, this report
examines consumer/public interest perspectives on current
California policies (e.g., UNE-P) and whether these policies are
contributing to the goals of the 1996 Telecommunications Act -- to
encourage deployment of advanced telecommunications capability to
all Americans on a reasonable and timely basis, to promote vigorous
facilities-based competition and to promote long-term investment in
advanced telecommunications networks. The Alliance for Public
Technology (APT) is a nonprofit, tax-exempt membership organization
headquartered in Washington, D.C. APT's mission is to foster access
to affordable and useful information and communication services and
technologies by all people. APT's members are public interest
groups and individuals, some of whom historically have been left
out of the Information Age, including the elderly, minorities, low
income groups and people with disabilities. DATASOURCE: Alliance
for Public Technology CONTACT: Christine Kraly, +1-703-276-3258,
for Alliance for Public Technology Web site: http://www.apt.org/
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