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                Federal Communications Commission  DA 99-716     



                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554


In the Matter of                )
                                )
Petition of Ameritech Corporation)
for Forbearance from Enforcement of)         
Section 275(a) of the Communications)        CC Docket No. 98-65
Act of 1934, As Amended         )
                                )
                                             

                             ORDER


Adopted:  April 15, 1999                Released:  April 15, 1999

By the Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau:

                       I.   INTRODUCTION

     1.   In this Order, pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Act"), we extend until August 11, 1999, the date on which the petition requesting
forbearance filed by Ameritech Corporation ("Ameritech") shall be deemed granted in the absence
of a Commission decision that the petition fails to meet the standards for forbearance under
Section 10(a) of the Act.

                        II.   BACKGROUND

     2.   On May 13, 1998, Ameritech filed a petition for forbearance in which it requested
that the Commission forbear from applying Section 275(a) of the Act to apply both to alarm
monitoring service transactions already completed and to future transactions by Ameritech.  We
have received comments and replies from several parties with respect to this petition.

     3.   Section 10(c) of the Act states that a petition for forbearance shall be deemed
granted if the Commission does not deny the petition for failure to meet the requirements for
forbearance under section 10(a) within one year after the Commission receives it, unless the one
year period is extended by the Commission.  The Commission may extend the initial one-year
period by an additional 90 days if the Commission finds that an extension is necessary to meet the
requirements of section 10(a).

                       III.   DISCUSSION

     4.   The petition under review raises significant questions regarding whether
forbearance from the enforcement of Section 275(a) of the Act meets the statutory requirements
set forth in Section 10(a).  The Bureau thus finds that a 90-day extension is warranted under
Section 10.

IV.   ORDERING CLAUSE

     5.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 10 of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  160, and authority delegated under Sections 0.91 and
0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, that the date on which the petition
seeking forbearance filed by Ameritech shall be deemed granted in the absence of a Commission
denial of the petition for failure to meet the statutory standards for forbearance, is extended to
August 11, 1999.

     

                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION




                              Robert C. Atkinson
                              Deputy Chief
                              Common Carrier Bureau