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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
January 31, 2000                             Mike Balmoris at (202) 418-0253
                                   Email: mbalmori@fcc.gov  
                                                       
                     FCC RELEASES CARRIER LOCATOR REPORT

     Washington D.C. -- The FCC has released its annual Carrier Locator:  Interstate
Service Providers  which lists 4,144 telecommunications carriers that provide interstate
services.  The report provides an address and telephone number for each carrier and identifies
whether the carrier provided local; wireless; payphone; operator and card; or other toll
services.  The report can be used by customers and other carriers to identify and locate sources
of telecommunications service, by equipment vendors to identify potential customers, and by
anyone seeking to locate a specific carrier.  

     Information contained in this report was taken from TRS Fund Worksheets filed by
interstate service providers.  The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 requires all
providers of interstate telecommunications service to share in the costs of financing interstate
telecommunications relay services (TRS). Persons with hearing or speech disabilities use TRS
to use the telephone.  Annually, each carrier files a TRS Fund Worksheet, which is used to
calculate the carrier's contribution to the TRS Fund.  

     The Carrier Locator report is prepared by the Common Carrier Bureau's Industry
Analysis Division.  The report is available for reference in the FCC's Reference Information
Center, Courtyard Level, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.  Copies may be
purchased by calling International Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS) at (202) 857-3800.  The
report, including the spreadsheets containing the report's statistical tables and the figures, can
be downloaded [file name: LOCAT99.PDF or LOCAT99.ZIP] from the FCC-State Link
internet site at (http://www.fcc.gov/ccb/stats) on the World Wide Web.  

                                 -- FCC --

     Common Carrier Bureau contacts:  Jim Lande or Katie Rangos at (202) 418-0940;
TTY:  (202) 418-0484.