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‘‘(7) The term ‘telecommunications’
means 
the 
transmission, 
between 
or
among points specified by the user, of in-
formation of the user’s choosing, without
change in the form or content of the in-
formation as sent and received, by means
of an electromagnetic transmission me-
dium, including all instrumentalities, fa-
cilities, apparatus, and services (includ-
ing the collection, storage, forwarding,
switching, and delivery of such informa-
tion) essential to such transmission.
‘‘(8) The term ‘telecommunications
equipment’ means equipment, other than
customer premises equipment, used by a
carrier to provide telecommunications
services, and includes software integral
to such equipment (including upgrades).
‘‘(9) The term ‘telecommunications
service’ means the offering for hire of
telecommunications facilities, or of tele-
communications by means of such facili-
ties.’’.
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SEC. 202. REGULATION OF ENTRY INTO ALARM MONITOR-
ING SERVICES.
Title II of the Communications Act is
amended by adding at the end the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 230. REGULATION OF ENTRY INTO ALARM MONITOR-
ING SERVICES.
‘‘(a) REGULATIONS
REQUIRED.—Not later
than 6 years after the date of enactment of
this section, the Commission shall prescribe
regulations—
‘‘(1) to establish such requirements,
limitations, or conditions as are (A) nec-
essary and appropriate in the public in-
terest with respect to the provision of
alarm monitoring services by Bell operat-
ing companies and their affiliates, and
(B) effective at such time as a Bell operat-
ing company or any of its affiliates is au-
thorized to provide alarm monitoring
services;
‘‘(2) to prohibit Bell operating compa-
nies and their affiliates, at that or any
earlier time after the date of enactment
of this section, from recording or using in
any fashion the occurrence or the con-
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tents of calls received by providers of
alarm monitoring services for the pur-
poses of marketing such services on be-
half of the Bell operating company, any
of its affiliates, or any other entity; and
‘‘(3) to establish procedures for the
receipt and review of complaints con-
cerning violations by such companies of
such regulations, or of any other provi-
sion of this Act or the regulations there-
under, that result in material financial
harm to a provider of alarm monitoring
services.
‘‘(b) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION
OF COM-
PLAINTS.—The procedures established under
subsection (a)(3) shall ensure that the Com-
mission will make a final determination with
respect to any complaint described in such
subsection within 120 days after receipt of the
complaint. If the complaint contains an ap-
propriate showing that the alleged violation
occurred, as determined by the Commission
in accordance with such regulations, the
Commission shall, within 60 days after receipt
of the complaint, issue a cease and desist
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order to prevent the Bell operating company
and its affiliates from continuing to engage in
such violation pending such final determina-
tion.
‘‘(c) REMEDIES.—The Commission may use
any remedy available under title V of this Act
to terminate and punish violations described
in subsection (a)(2). Such remedies may in-
clude, if the Commission determines that such
violation was willful or repeated, ordering the
Bell operating company to cease offering
alarm monitoring services.
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section,
the terms ‘Bell operating company’, ‘affiliate’,
and ‘alarm monitoring services’ have the
meanings provided in section 106 of the Anti-
trust Reform Act of 1994, except that, for pur-
poses of the term ‘affiliate’, to own shall refer
to owning an equity interest of more than 10
percent.’’.
SEC. 203. REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING.
Title II of the Communications Act of 1934
(47 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) is amended by adding
at the end thereof the following new section:
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‘‘SEC. 231. REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—(1) A Bell operating
company and any affiliate shall not engage in
the provision of electronic publishing that is
disseminated by means of such Bell operating
company’s or any of its affiliates’ basic tele-
phone service.
‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall prohibit
a separated affiliate or electronic publishing
joint venture from engaging in the provision
of electronic publishing or any other lawful
service in any area.
‘‘(3) Nothing in this section shall prohibit
a Bell operating company or affiliate from en-
gaging in the provision of any lawful service
other than electronic publishing in any area
or from engaging in the provision of elec-
tronic publishing that is not disseminated by
means of such Bell operating company’s or
any of its affiliates’ basic telephone service.
‘‘(b) SEPARATED AFFILIATE OR ELECTRONIC
PUBLISHING JOINT VENTURE REQUIREMENTS.—A
separated affiliate or electronic publishing
joint venture shall—
‘‘(1) maintain books, records, and ac-
counts that are separate from those of