Joint resolution providing that residential subscriber interests, especially those of citizens in rural areas, be protected as competition is permitted in the telecommunications industry.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Requires the Federal Communications Commission in interpreting or implementing policy governing the nationwide telecommunication network to consider specified matters affecting rural users of telecommunications services. Directs Congress: (1) to initiate studies to determine the potential economic impact of competition in the telecommunications industry; and (2) establish a national telecommunications policy which permits competition in such industry and assures that residents of less densely populated rural areas continue to receive telecommunications services on a par with urban areas.…