Basic Legal Equality Inc. / Virgin Mobile / Verizon Communications Inc. / Ron Bridges AARP Ohio / TSI / Open Internet / Cincinnati Bell Wireless / Frontier Communications Corp. / AT&T Ohio / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
M&A / Natural Disaster / /
IndustryTerm
landline telephone / telephone service / telecommunications law / broadband services / Telephone customers / broadband Internet / expanded broadband services / long-distance telephone bills / extra services / Wireless Lifeline / wireless handset / residential telephone customers / telecommunications / telecommunications services / telecommunications industry / telephone / wireless / telephone service rates / capped telephone rates / local telephone service / wireless telephone service / local telephone rates / local telephone / federal telecommunications / telecommunications team / prepaid wireless / /
Organization
Federal Communications Commission / National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates / Public Utilities Commission of Ohio / office of the Ohio Consumers / Universal Service Fund / Select Committee on Telecommunications Regulatory Reform / State Lifeline Board / /
Person
Paul E. Kostyu / Laura Galleger / Ryan Lippe / Terry Etter / Ellis Jacobs Advocates / David Bergmann / /
Telephone Introduction and Overview In a year highlighted by legislation that further deregulated the telecommunications industry in Ohio, the Office of the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel (OCC) took a leadership role to pres