A senior Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday urged the Federal Communications Commission to help cut fees that major U.S. phone carriers charge rivals for access to high-capacity lines serving business and wireless customers.

Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House telecommunications subcommittee, said the FCC should reinstate regulations that would force Verizon Communications and AT&T to provide affordable access to high-capacity fiber-optic lines.

“Unless this market failure is corrected, (the fees) could have a negative impact on all wireless broadband deployment…Markey said at a subcommittee hearing.

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