Welcome to the
Oregon Telecommunications Association...

The Oregon telecommunication industry's vision of the future communications environment is one in which all consumers will enjoy new levels of choice and control over a wide range of services, delivered at reasonable prices over a public switched broadband network providing seamless interconnectivity with private networks.

The Oregon Telecommunications Association believes a modular, market driven approach to developing the communications network infrastructure will provide Oregonians access to a competitive array of communications and information products and services, offered at a reasonable price. Wide deployment of this infrastructure will enhance the economic development of Oregon, creating new jobs and opportunities throughout the state.

The telecommunications companies providing Oregonians with local exchange service believe it is important to:

• Build the infrastructure to meet customers' growing communications needs.

• Ensure that communications products contribute to customer competitiveness in the global marketplace, positioning communications services as a tool for economic development, educational excellence, improved health care and the widest possible range of services to the home.

• Identify opportunities where communications services can assist state and local governments as well as educational institutions in addressing their need to provide greater services with less resources.

• Deliver products and services in a cost-effective, competitive manner.

• Minimize regulations for those communications services that are, or become, competitive.

• Streamline regulation of non-competitive communications services.

• Explore and adopt incentives to invest in new communications products and services.