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BACKGROUND p>"(#L 2 XxA. CEI Plans(#p>"(#L 2 Xx  XxPIII. SERVICE DESCRIPTION p>"(#L 7 XxPIV. COMPLIANCE ISSUES p>"(#L 9 XxX` ` xA. CEI Plan Requirements ` p>"(#L 9 XxX` ` X ` ` 1. Unbundling of Basic Services p!(#F 10 XxX` ` X ` ` 2. Interface Functionality p!(#F 12 XxX` ` X ` ` 3. Resale p"(#I 13 XxX` ` X ` ` 4. Technical Characteristics p!(#F 14 XxX` ` X ` ` 5. Installation, Maintenance, and Repair p!(#F 15 XxX` ` X ` ` 6. EndUser Access p"(#I 17 XxX` ` X ` ` 7. CEI Availability p"(#I 18 XxX` ` X ` ` 8. Minimization of Transport Costs p"(#I 20 XxX` ` X ` ` 9. Recipients of CEI p`"(#L21 XxX` ` xB. Other Nonstructural Safeguards ` p"(#I 22 XxX` ` X ` ` 1. Customer Proprietary Network Information p"(#I 23 XxX` ` X ` ` 2. Network Information Disclosure p"(#I 25 XxX` ` X ` ` 3. Nondiscrimination Reporting p"(#I 27 XxX` ` xC. Accounting Safeguards ` p"(#I 28 XxPV. CONCLUSION p"(#I 29 "(,))<<O)"ԌXxPVI. ORDERING CLAUSES p"(#I 30  X'X` hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8:,K(K(<<l"  X4g< II. BACKGROUND ׃  X' A. CEI Plans  XQ42.` ` Pursuant to the Computer III regime, Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) are permitted to offer enhanced services on an integrated basis after Commission approval of a  X 4servicespecific CEI plan. In Computer III, the Commission required BOCs to file CEI plans as a nonstructural safeguard against BOC crosssubsidization and discrimination in the  X4provision of enhanced services.qG {OB 'ԍComputer III Further Remand Proceedings, 6 FCC Rcd at 175.q The Commission concluded in Computer III that the "basic service functions utilized by a carrierprovided enhanced service [must] be available to others on an unbundled basis, with technical specifications, functional capabilities, and other quality and operational characteristics, such as installation and maintenance times, equal to those  X? 4provided to the carrier's enhanced services."f? ZG {OJ'ԍComputer III Phase I Order, 104 FCC 2d at 1036.f BOCs were required to describe in their CEI plans: (1) the enhanced service or services to be offered; (2) how the underlying basic services would be made available for use by competing ESPs; and (3) how the BOCs would  X 4comply with the other nonstructural safeguards imposed by Computer III.  X43.` ` In Computer III, the Commission concluded that BOCs that implemented an Open Network Architecture (ONA) plan would be permitted to offer integrated enhanced  XN4services without prior Commission approval of servicespecific CEI plans.HNG {O'ԍId. at 10341059.H In a series of orders between 1988 and 1992, the Commission approved several BOC ONA plans that described the unbundled basic services each BOC proposed to provide as ONA services and the terms under which they would be offered. During 19921993, the Common Carrier Bureau (Bureau) lifted structural separation requirements for individual BOCs that showed they had implemented all of the ONA services set forth in their ONA plans.  XY44.` ` In California III, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit determined that the Commission had not justified its retreat from its initial position regarding  X4the level of unbundling necessary for eliminating structural separation.[~G {OD 'ԍCalifornia III, 39 F.3d at 927, 929.[ The court concluded that the costbenefit analysis associated with the Commission's decision to lift structural  X4separation was flawed, and vacated the BOC Safeguards Order as arbitrary and capricious.D G {O#'ԍId. at 929. D  X45.` ` Following the California III decision, the Bureau issued an order allowing the BOCs to continue providing enhanced services and conducting market trials pursuant to CEI"j ,K(K(<<*"  X4plans approved prior to the lifting of structural separation.* G {Oy' " ԍSee Bell Operating Companies' Joint Petition for Waiver of Computer II Rules, 10 FCC Rcd 1724,  23  {OC'(1995), recon., 10 FCC Rcd 13758 (Com. Car. Bur. 1995) (Bureau Interim Waiver Order).* The Bureau required BOCs to file CEI plans or market trial notifications prior to providing any new services or market trials. Thus, BOCs may not provide new enhanced services on an integrated basis, or jointly market enhanced services provided by a BOC's subsidiary, until their CEI plans are approved  Xt4by the Bureau.[ t$G {OI'ԍId. at 1730,  30.[ In addition, the Bureau Interim Waiver Order required the BOCs to  XS4continue to comply with the procedures established in their approved ONA plans.w SG {O 'ԍSee Bureau Interim Waiver Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 172829,  22.w For example, BOCs must still provide new ONA services that ESPs need to provide their service  X 4offerings and must file federal and state tariffs for ONA services.  HG {O' " ԍSee Bureau Interim Waiver Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 172829,  22; BOC ONA Order, 4 FCC Rcd at 116,  226.  X46.` ` On February 8, 1996, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 became law.\G {O' "8 ԍTelecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104104, 110 Stat. 56 (1996), codified at 47 U.S.C.  151  {O' x et seq. All citations to the 1996 Act in this Order are to the 1996 Act as it is codified in the United States Code. The 1996 Act amended the Communications Act of 1934 (Communications Act).  X4Section 272 of the 1996 Act addresses the provision by BOCs of, inter alia, interLATA  X 4information services. G yO' "R ԍ47 U.S.C.  272. The Commission defined the term "BOC" as that term is defined in 47 U.S.C.  153(4). The Commission defined the term "LATA" as that term is defined in 47 U.S.C.  153(25). The Commission determined in its NonAccounting Safeguards Order  Xb 4that the Computer III safeguards remain in effect to govern BOC provision of intraLATA  XA 4information services.A G {O' " ԍImplementation of the Non-Accounting Safeguards of Section 271 and 272 of the Communications Act of  {O' xk 1934, as amended, CC Docket No. 96-149, First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 11  {O' x; FCC Rcd 21905,  132, 134 (1996) (Non-Accounting Safeguards Order), recon. pending, Order on Reconsideration,  {On' x 12 FCC Rcd 2297 (1997), Second Report and Order, 12 FCC Rcd 15756 (1997), aff'd sub nom. Bell Atlantic  {O8' x Telephone Companies, et al. v. FCC, et al., 131 F.3d 1044 (D.C. Cir. 1997). The Commission is currently reviewing  {O' x* its Computer III safeguards. See Computer III proceeding, Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 13 FCC Rcd 6040 (1998).  X 4  III. SERVICE DESCRIPTION ׃  X47.` ` Bell Atlantic represents that its proposed IMS will provide a customer with the capability to store information on a remote or onpremises database and provide secure Internetlike access to that database to a limited number of authorized users, such as to  XL4employees of a company.MLjG yOg''ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 1.M The proposed service will utilize Internet protocol and standards,"L,K(K(<<b" such as Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, to establish and manage a customer's  X4intranet network and associated intranet application.MG yOV'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 3.M The proposed IMS will not, however,  X4provide Internet connectivity.:XG {O'ԍId.: Bell Atlantic's proposed service will provide, on a customized basis, the specific hardware, software, and expertise needed to enable the customer to  Xt4establish an intranet network meeting that customer's specific needs.MtG yO 'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 1.M Bell Atlantic states that its equipment will store information provided by the customer and provide secure access to  X.4that information by authorized users.:.zG {OY 'ԍId.: Bell Atlantic states that depending on specific customer needs, it will own, manage, monitor, operate and/or provide acess to intranet related LANbased routers and servers, and that its IMS will offer customers the ability to store and  X4update information on servers located on Bell Atlantic premises.M G yO'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 2.M Alternatively, says Bell Atlantic, customers may store and maintain the intranet information on servers located on  X 4their own premises.: G {O'ԍId.: In either event, Bell Atlantic states that it will maintain a database of  X\ 4authorized users and their identification numbers.:\ . G {O;'ԍId.:  X 48.` ` Bell Atlantic will also provide the needed screening and, if desired, encryption,  X 4to ensure that access to a database remains secure.: G {Od'ԍId.: Bell Atlantic states that geographically separate LANs would be interconnected via telecommunications services purchased directly  X4by the customerR G yO' " ԍA customer could also use the Internet to facilitate communications between LANs. Bell Atlantic CEI Plan at 4. or by Bell Atlantic."G yO ' "@ ԍBell Atlantic states that prior to obtaining approval to offer inregion interLATA telecommunication services  x in any particular state, it would purchase only intraLATA telecommunications services. Upon specific instruction,  x however, Bell Atlantic would arrange for a particular interLATA service from a customerdesignated interexchange  {O`"'carrier on behalf of that customer. Id. Finally, Bell Atlantic states that it will not bundle customer premises equipment with any telecommunications service, including those used in  Xg4conjunction with IMS.gG yO%' "l ԍLetter to Florence Grasso, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC from Joseph Mulieri, Bell Atlantic, dated May 14, 1998. "D,K(K(<<"Ԍ X4 IV. COMPLIANCE ISSUES ׃  X' A. CEI Plan Requirements   Xt49.` ` In the Computer III proceeding, the Commission established nine CEI  XS4requirements,}SG {O'ԍComputer III Phase I Order, 104 FCC 2d at 10391043,  154166.} which are discussed below. These CEI requirements are designed to give ESPs equal and efficient access to those basic services that the BOCs use to provide their  X 4own enhanced services.~ ZG {O 'ԍComputer III Phase I Reconsideration Order, 2 FCC Rcd at 3048,  91.~ Bell Atlantic has described in its submission how its proposed enhanced service will satisfy each of the Commission's nine CEI requirements. As noted above, no parties objected to Bell Atlantic's CEI plan for IMS. We review below Bell Atlantic's CEI plan with respect to each of the requirements delineated by the Commission.  X^ ' 1. Unbundling of Basic Services   X 4 10.` ` The unbundling requirement obligates the carrier to unbundle, and associate with a specific rate element in the tariff, the basic services and basic service functions that  X 4underlie the carrier's enhanced service offering.M G {Oo'ԍId. at 1040,  158.M Nonproprietary information used by the carrier in providing the unbundled basic services must be made available as part of CEI. In addition, any options available to a carrier in the provision of such basic services or functions  Xi4must be included in the unbundled offerings.: i~G {O'ԍId.:  X#4 11.` ` Bell Atlantic states that all basic services and functions that will be used by its IMS are already unbundled to the extent that they are functionally useful to competitors and end users, and represent the minimum set of network functions that are required for  X4connectivity to the network.O!G yO{'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 6. O The underlying basic services that Bell Atlantic will use in the provision of IMS are Private Line Services, Switched MultiMegabit Data Service, Frame  Xt4Relay Service, and Integrated Services Digital Network.T"tG yO 'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan, Appendix A.T Bell Atlantic also states that all basic services it will use are available under tariff, and that it will not use any network functions for its IMS that are not generally available at the same rates and under the same  X 4terms and conditions.M# 0 G yO$'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 7.M Bell Atlantic further states that all the underlying basic services are available on both an interstate basis and intrastate basis except the Basic and Primary Rate Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) offerings, which are limited to intrastate. According to Bell Atlantic, these services are used for local telecommunications and do not" #,K(K(<<"  X4have interstate application. These services are therefore offered only in the states.$G yOy' "< ԍLetter to Florence Grasso, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC from Joseph Mulieri, Bell Atlantic, dated August 12, 1998. At present, we waive the federal tariffing requirement for IMS. If in the future, a customer requests IMS on an interstate basis, Bell Atlantic must federally tariff this service or seek a further waiver. We find that Bell Atlantic's CEI plan for IMS, subject to the requirements outlined above, complies with the unbundling requirement established by the Commission.  X.' 2. Interface Functionality   X4 12.` ` The interface functionality requirement obligates the carrier to "make available standardized hardware and software interfaces that are able to support transmission, switching, and signalling functions identical to those utilized in the enhanced service provided by the  X 4carrier."p% G {OP'ԍComputer III Phase I Order, 104 FCC 2d at 1039,  157.p Bell Atlantic states that IMS equipment will be interconnected to the network using the same existing standard interfaces and conditions that are available on the same  X9 4terms and conditions to all competitors of Bell Atlantic's proposed IMS.M&9 G yO'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 6.M Based upon representations made by Bell Atlantic, we find that its CEI plan for IMS comports with the interface functionality requirement established by the Commission.  X' 3. Resale   Xg4 13.` ` The resale requirement obligates a "carrier's enhanced service operations to take the basic services used in its enhanced services offerings at their unbundled tariffed rates as a means of preventing improper costshifting to regulated operations and anticompetitive pricing  X4in unregulated markets."|'BG {O'ԍComputer III Phase I Order, 104 FCC 2d at 1040,  159.| With respect to its proposed CEI plan, Bell Atlantic states that it will procure CEI elements at the same generallyavailable tariffed rates, terms, and conditions as are available to competitors, add the enhanced capabilities, and resell the resulting  X4enhanced service to customers on an unregulated basis.M(G yO'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 7.M Based upon representations made by Bell Atlantic, we find that its CEI plan for IMS complies with the resale requirement established by the Commission.  X ' 4. Technical Characteristics   X4 14.` ` This requirement obligates a carrier to provide basic services with technical characteristics that are equal to the technical characteristics the carrier uses for its own"d (,K(K(<<c"  X4enhanced services.|)G {Oy'ԍComputer III Phase I Order, 104 FCC 2d at 1040,  160.| Bell Atlantic states that interconnection to its IMS offerings and to  X4competitors' offerings will be available through the same standard network interfaces.M*ZG yO'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 7.M Based upon representations made by Bell Atlantic, we find that its CEI plan for IMS complies with the technical characteristics requirement established by the Commission.  XQ' 5. Installation, Maintenance, and Repair   X 415.` ` This requirement ensures that the time periods for installation, maintenance, and repair of the basic services and facilities included in a CEI offering are the same as those  X4the carrier provides to its own enhanced service operations.p+G {O` 'ԍComputer III Phase I Order, 104 FCC 2d at 1041,  161.p Carriers also must satisfy  X4reporting and other requirements showing that they have met this requirement.,|G {O' "I ԍ Id. Bell Atlantic must provide quarterly reports on installation and maintenance of its basic services. Id. at 10551056,  192193.  X\ 416.` ` With respect to its proposed CEI plan, Bell Atlantic states that the procedures for ordering, installing, maintaining, and repairing underlying basic services will be identical for affiliated and unaffiliated information service providers. Bell Atlantic states that these procedures, which have been approved by the Commission, are designed to preclude  X 4discrimination in response or intervals for these functions.- G {OW' "p ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 7, fn9, citing Filing and Review of Open Network Architecture Plans, 4 FCC Rcd 1,  46773 (1988).. Based upon its representations, we find that Bell Atlantic's CEI plan for IMS complies with the installation, maintenance, and repair requirements established by the Commission.  XD4 6.  EndUser Access  X417.` ` This requirement obligates the carrier to provide to all end users the same abbreviated dialing and signalling capabilities that are needed to activate or obtain access to enhanced services that use the carrier's facilities. This requirement provides to end users equal opportunities to obtain access to basic facilities through derived channels, whether they  Xr4use the enhanced service offerings of the carrier or of a competing provider.p.r0 G {OS"'ԍComputer III Phase I Order, 104 FCC 2d at 1041,  162.p Bell Atlantic states that to provide its IMS offering, Bell Atlantic will use the same tariffed services that are available to any competing provider of intranet services, and all service features and options available under tariff for Bell Atlantic IMS are available to any competing provider of"  .,K(K(<<"  X4intranet services at the same rates and under terms and conditions./G yOy' " ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 7 and letter to Florence Grasso, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC, from Joseph Mulieri, Bell Atlantic, dated August 14, 1998. Based upon its representations, we find that Bell Atlantic's CEI plan for IMS complies with the enduser access requirement established by the Commission.  Xt' 7. CEI Availability   X.418.` ` This requirement obligates a carrier to make its CEI offering available and fully operational on the date that it offers its corresponding enhanced service to the public. The requirement also obligates a carrier to provide a reasonable period of time prior to that date when prospective users of the CEI offering can use the CEI facilities and services for  X4purposes of testing their enhanced service offerings.p0 G {Os 'ԍComputer III Phase I Order, 104 FCC 2d at 1041,  163.p The testing period is necessary "to balance the conflicting interests of the carrier, which should have a reasonable period to develop, test, and 'debug' its CEI offerings before making them publicly available, and other CEI users, such as competitors, that might suffer an unfair competitive disadvantage if carriers were able to test and perfect their enhanced services particularly, their interconnection with  X 4the basic underlying facilities while withholding those same basic facilities from others.":1 G {OV'ԍId.: Consequently, the Commission has required the BOCs to notify unaffiliated ESPs in advance  X4about the impending deployment of new basic services.2"DG {O' " ԍSee Computer III Phase I Order, 104 FCC 2d at 1068,  221222 (under an ONA regime, a BOC wishing  x* to offer an enhanced service that uses a new Basic Service Element or otherwise uses different arrangements for  x underlying basic services than those set forth in its ONA plan must file an amendment to its plan with the Bureau at least 90 days prior to offering that enhanced service). In addition, the Commission has separately stated that a carrier's CEI plan should contain a description of the geographic areas in which it will offer the enhanced service, as well as the network locations within those areas  XD4through which it will provide such service.3\D. G {O#' "< ԍSee Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Comparably Efficient Interconnection Plan for the Provision  {O' x@ of Voice Messaging Services, 3 FCC Rcd 6912, at 6914,  19 (1988); see also Ameritech's Offer of Comparably Efficient Interconnection to Providers of Message Delivery Service, 11 FCC Rcd 5590, at 559798,  2224 (1995).  X419.` ` Bell Atlantic states that in providing IMS, it will use only tariffed network services that are available at the same rates, and under the same terms and conditions, and at  X4the same time to its competitors.N4R G yO#'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 8. N If in the future Bell Atlantic chooses to offer its proposed enhanced services in areas where the basic underlying services were not previously available, Bell Atlantic must make these basic services available in these other jurisdictions for 90 days for testing by affiliates and nonaffiliates before using these services in its own offerings. Moreover, if Bell Atlantic uses any additional basic services to provide its proposed enhanced", 4,K(K(<<" service, it must file an amendment to the relevant CEI plan. Based upon its representations, we find that Bell Atlantic's CEI plan for IMS, subject to the 90day and futureamendment requirements outlined above, complies with the CEI availability requirement established by  X4the Commission.  XQ' 8. Minimization of Transport Costs   X 420.` ` This parameter requires carriers to provide competitors with interconnection  X4facilities that minimize transport costs.p5G {Oa 'ԍComputer III Phase I Order, 104 FCC 2d at 1042,  164.p According to Bell Atlantic, affililiated and unaffiliated enhanced service providers are charged the same rates for underlying basic  X4services.O6ZG yO 'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 8. O Bell Atlantic states that the purpose of the statement, which has appeared in each of Bell Atlantic's earlier CEI plans, is to comply with the Commission's requirement that underlying basic services be provided to unaffiliated providers in a costeffective manner. Bell Atlantic further states that should the provision of IMS necessitate the collocation of IMS equipment with basic network facilities, such collocation will comply with the Commission's pricing parity rules and any applicable nondiscrimination requirements that relate to Bell  X 4Atlantic's provision of enhanced services.:7 G {Ok'ԍId.: Based upon Bell Atlantic's representations, we find that its CEI plan for IMS complies with the minimization of transport costs requirement established by the Commission.  XD' 9. Recipients of CEI   X421.` ` This parameter prohibits carriers from restricting the availability of the CEI  X4offering to any particular class of customer or enhanced service competitor.p8|G {O'ԍComputer III Phase I Order, 104 FCC 2d at 1042,  165.p Bell Atlantic states that the basic services it will use to provide IMS are offered under existing tariffs to competitors and to end users. Bell Atlantic states that it will not restrict the availability of  Xr4CEI services to any particular class of customer or enhanced service competitor.M9rG yO1'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 8.M Based upon its representations, we find that Bell Atlantic has proposed to provide service to CEI recipients in compliance with this Commission requirement.  X' B. Other Nonstructural Safeguards  X4  X422.` ` In addition to the CEI requirements established in Computer III, a BOC proposing to provide enhanced services on a structurally integrated basis must comply with" 9,K(K(<<@" requirements regarding the use of customer proprietary network information (CPNI),  X4disclosure of network information, and nondiscrimination reporting.v:G {OV'ԍComputer III Phase II Order, 2 FCC Rcd at 3082,  7375.v  X' 1. Customer Proprietary Network Information   XQ423.` ` Bell Atlantic is required to describe the procedures it intends to establish to  X.4comply with the CPNI safeguards.^;.ZG {O9 'ԍId., 2 FCC Rcd at 3095,  156.^ In addition, section 222 of the 1996 Act contains CPNI  X 4requirements.D< G yO 'ԍ47 U.S.C.  222.D In the CPNI Order, the Commission eliminated its Computer III CPNI framework and promulgated regulations to implement the requirements of section 222 of the  X4Telecommunications Act of 1996.=^|G {O' "/ ԍ Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information and Other Customer  {O' x Information, CC Docket No. 96115, Second Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 13 FCC  {O'Rcd 8061 (CPNI Second Report and Order) at  4; Order, DA 98971 (rel. May 21, 1998) (Clarification Order).  These new regulations: (1) permit carriers to use CPNI, without customer approval, to market certain offerings that are related to, but limited by, the customer's existing service relationship with their carrier; (2) require that carriers obtain express customer approval, either written, oral, or electronic, before carriers may use CPNI to market service outside the customer's existing service relationship; and (3) require carriers to provide a onetime notification of customers' CPNI rights prior to any solicitation for  X 4approval.:> G {OH'ԍId.:  X424.` ` Bell Atlantic has stated that it will fully comply with the Commission's existing  X4and any revised requirements regarding the use of CPNI.M?4 G yOq'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 8.M Based on this commitment, we find that Bell Atlantic's CEI plan for IMS complies with the Commission's CPNI requirements.  X' 2. Network Information Disclosure   X425.` ` Bell Atlantic is also required to disclose to the enhanced services industry information about network changes and new network services that affect the interconnection of enhanced services with the network. Bell Atlantic must make that disclosure at the "make/buy" point, that is, when Bell Atlantic decides whether to make or to procure from an  X.4unaffiliated entity any product whose design affects or relies on the network interface.p@. G {O%'ԍComputer III Phase II Order, 2 FCC Rcd at 3086,  102.p Bell Atlantic must provide that information to members of the enhanced services industry that sign a nondisclosure agreement, within 30 days after the execution of such nondisclosure" V @,K(K(<<"  X4agreement.ZAG {Oy'ԍId. at 30913093,  134140.Z Bell Atlantic also must publicly disclose technical information about a new or  X4modified network service twelve months before that service is introduced.MBZG {O'ԍId. at 3092,  136.M If a BOC is able to introduce the service within twelve months of the make/buy point, however, it may make public disclosure at the make/buy point. It may not, however, introduce the service earlier  Xt4than six months after the public disclosure.  X.426.` ` BOCs need not describe network disclosure procedures in their CEI plans,  X 4because they are obligated to obey those rules.aC G {O 'ԍBOC ONA Order, 4 FCC Rcd at 252,  490.a Bell Atlantic states that it will fully comply with the Commission's existing requirements and with any revised requirements regarding  X4network information disclosure.D$~G {O' " ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 8. The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the Computer III proceeding  x sought comment on whether the Commission's network disclosure rules established pursuant to section 241(c)(5)  xb should supersede certain, but not all, of the Commission's previous network information disclosure rules established  {ON'in Computer II and Computer III (13 FCC Rcd at 6111,  122). We thus find that Bell Atlantic's CEI plan for IMS complies with the Commission's network information disclosure requirements.  X\ ' 3. Nondiscrimination Reporting   X 427.` ` BOCs are required to file quarterly nondiscrimination reports with respect to their basic services, thereby ensuring that they provide the access promised in their CEI  X 4plans.cE( j G {O' "/ ԍSee BOC ONA Reconsideration Order, 5 FCC Rcd 3084, 3096, Appendix B (1990), BOC ONA Amendment  {O' x Order, 5 FCC Rcd 3103 (1990), Erratum, 5 FCC Rcd 4045, pets. for review denied, California II, 4 F.3d 1505 (9th  {O' x cir. 1993), recon., 8 FCC Rcd 7646 (1991), BOC ONA Second Further Amendment Order, 8 FCC Rcd 2606 (1993),  {OI'pet. for review denied, California II, 4 F.3d 1505 (1993); and Phase II Order, 2 FCC Rcd at 3082,  73.c Bell Atlantic has stated that it will fully comply with the Commission's existing and  X4any revised requirements regarding nondiscrimination reporting.MFZ G yO'ԍBell Atlantic CEI Plan at 8.M Based upon its representations, we find that Bell Atlantic's CEI plan complies with the Commission's nondiscrimination reporting requirements.  X!' C. Accounting Safeguards   X428.` ` BOCs must adhere to certain accounting procedures to protect ratepayers from bearing misallocated costs. These procedures consist of five principal elements: (1) the establishment of effective accounting rules, in accordance with the Commission's Part 32 Uniform System of Acounts requirements, and cost allocation standards; (2) the filing of cost allocation manuals reflecting the accounting rules and cost allocation standards adopted by the BOC; (3) mandatory audits of carrier cost allocations by independent auditors, who must state", F,K(K(<<" affirmatively whether the audited carriers' allocations comply with their cost allocation manuals; (4) the establishment of detailed reporting requirements and the development of an automated system to store and analyze the data; and (5) the performance of onsite audits by  X4Commission staff.hGG {O'ԍBOC Safeguards Order, 6 FCC Rcd at 7591,  46.h Bell Atlantic must comply with these accounting safeguards.  XQ4B V. CONCLUSION ׃  X 429.` ` We conclude that Bell Atlantic's CEI plan complies with the Computer III requirements. If Bell Atlantic provides new enhanced services not described in these CEI plans, or if Bell Atlantic uses additional basic underlying services, it must file a CEI plan amendment. Accordingly, in this Order, we approve Bell Atlantic's CEI plan to offer Intranet Management Service, as described herein.  X; 4! VI. ORDERING CLAUSES ׃  X 430.` ` IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, pursuant to Sections 1, 4(i) and (j), 201, 202, 203, 205, 218, and 222 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  151, 154(i) and (j), 201, 202, 203, 205, 218, and 222 and authority delegated thereunder pursuant to Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, Bell Atlantic's Comparably Efficient Interconnection Plan for Intranet Management Service IS APPROVED, subject to the conditions discussed herein. ` `  hhCFederal Communications Commission ` `  hhCKathryn C. Brown ` `  hhCChief ` `  hhCCommon Carrier Bureau