ARCHIVED  January 1, 1998

Competition ups ante in telephone service

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Competition ups ante in telephone service

Maggie Boys

Business Report Staff Writer
Business people in Northern Colorado can expect to benefit in 1998 from increased competition in the telecommunications industry.
No fewer than 44 local-phone-service providers have flocked to Colorado in the last year, hoping to win a share of U S West˜s former monopoly market territory, according to information from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission.
Changes in state and federal telecommunications law in 1995 and 1996 have opened Colorado up to competition in local as well as long-distance services. Since then, six companies have completed the Public…

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