Posted today.

a. the Commission, when relying on regulation, should consider how the measures used can promote competition, affordability, consumer interests and innovation, namely the extent to which they - encourage all forms of competition, - foster affordability and lower prices, particularly when there is potential for telecommunications service providers to exercise market power, - ensure that affordable access to high quality telecommunications services is available, - enhance and protect the rights of consumers in their relationships with telecommunications service providers, - reduce barriers to entry and barriers to competition for new and smaller telecommunications service providers, - enable innovation in telecommunications services, including new technologies and differentiated service offerings, and - stimulate investment in research and development and in other intangible assets that support the offer and provision of telecommunications services; and
the Commission, when relying on regulation, should demonstrate its compliance with this Order and should specify how the measures used can, as applicable, promote competition, affordability, consumer interests and innovation.