USTR SHOULD GUIDE FCC ON OVERSEAS INTERCONNECTION, COMPTEL SAYS

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CompTel chided the FCC for not enforcing interconnection access, in comments it filed last week with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR). CompTel also asked USTR to step in. The filing listed complaints about foreign govt. failures to abide by international telecom trade agreements. CompTel said competitive carriers still have trouble abroad getting local access lines from dominant carriers promptly with no discriminatory terms. USTR should exercise its authority as the enforcer of trade obligations and provide guidance to the FCC, CompTel said. nnThe filing, submitted for an annual report, said China made no progress toward reducing market barriers the past year; China has no telecom law or independent regulatory authority and imposes burdensome licensing requirements on foreign carriers, CompTel said. Germany has created new problems through a law that violates World Trade Agreement obligations, the filing said. Other countries with telecom trade barriers include Australia, Colombia, France, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Spain and Sweden, it said.