TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Long-Distance Phone Companies Must File with FCC: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled unlawful a Federal Communications Commission practice of allowing some long-distance companies to set rates without publicly filing them with the commission. The ruling came in a suit brought by American Telephone & Telegraph, which is required to file its rates with the commission while its chief rival, MCI, has not been. The court found that the FCC should have been requiring all long-distance carriers to file their rates with the FCC.