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Telecommunications Act 1996


             Sec. 251. Interconnection; Sec. 252. Procedures for negotiation, arbitration, and approval of agreements; Sec. 253. Removal of barriers to entry; Sec. 254. Universal service; Sec. 255. Access by persons with disabilities; Sec. 256. Coordination for interconnectivity; Sec. 257. Market entry barriers proceeding; Sec. 258. Illegal changes in subscriber carrier selections; Sec. 259. Infrastructure sharing; Sec. 260. Provision of telemessaging service; Sec. 261. Effect on other requirements; Sec. 102. Eligible telecommunications carriers; Sec. 103. Exempt telecommunications companies; Sec. 104. Nondiscrimination principle; Sec. 151. Bell operating company provisions; Sec. 271. Bell operating company entry into interLATA services; Sec. 272. Separate affiliate; safeguards; Sec. 273. Manufacturing by Bell operating companies; Sec. 274. Electronic publishing by Bell operating companies; Sec. 275. Alarm monitoring services; Sec. 276. Provision of payphone service; Sec. 201. Broadcast spectrum flexibility; Sec. 336. Broadcast spectrum flexibility; Sec. 202. Broadcast ownership; Sec. 203. Term of licenses; Sec. 204. Broadcast license renewal procedures; Sec. 205. Direct broadcast satellite service; Sec. 206. Automated ship distress and safety systems; Sec. 365. Automated ship distress and safety systems; Sec. 207. Restrictions on over-the-air reception devices; Sec. 301. Cable Act reform.
             Sec. 302. Cable service provided by telephone companies; Sec. 651. Regulatory treatment of video programming services; Sec. 652. Prohibition on buy outs; Sec. 653. Establishment of open video systems; Sec. 303. Preemption of franchising authority regulation of telecommunications services. Sec. 304. Competitive availability of navigation devices; Sec. 629. Competitive availability of navigation devices; Sec. 305. Video programming accessibility; Sec. 713. Video programming accessibility; Sec. 401. Regulatory forbearance; Sec. 10. Competition in provision of telecommunications service; Sec.


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