Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1979

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1979 - Title I: Amendment to Title I - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to impose a fee on any person regulated under such Act. Requires such fee to include costs to the FCC of: (1) processing licenses and tariff filings; and (2) regulating such persons and providing services to license applicants. Authorizes the FCC to waive such fee for governmental entities, public telecommunications entities, or noncommercial users of the spectrum. Directs the FCC to develop appropriate fee schedules within one year and to place moneys from such fees in the Treasury as reimbursement for appropriations to carry out FCC functions under such Act. Title II: Amendments to Title II: - Directs the FCC to prescribe regulations to result, within six years, in marketplace competition in and deregulation of the provision of telecommunication services. Requires such regulations to: (1) classify common carriers according to the degree of regulation necessary for each carrier (considering such factors as market shares for particular services, price leadership in such services, relative overall fi…