DA 95-1528

                        PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED 
                              FOR COMMENTS ON
                          NYNEX'S NOTIFICATION OF
                      ENHANCED SERVICES MARKET TRIAL
                                     
                           CC DOCKET NO. 88-616

                                                  Released:  July 7, 1995 

     On June 30, 1995, the NYNEX Telephone Companies (NYNEX)  filed a notification to
conduct a market trial of a new enhanced service called PowerPass.  NYNEX states that
PowerPass is a point-of-sale information service that will be offered during an eight-month trial
period in Maine.   NYNEX states that PowerPass has two components -- a discount buying
service for consumers and a sales tracking/stimulation program for merchants.  

     NYNEX states that only the sales tracking/stimulation program involves the offering of
an enhanced service.  NYNEX states that merchants who subscribe to the service will use
suitably equipped point-of-sale customer premises equipment (CPE) and the public switched
network to remotely access a NYNEX database to track their retail sales and determine the
appropriate customer discounts for participants in the program.  

     Pursuant to the Interim Waiver Order, NYNEX describes its plans for complying with
the conditions for conducting market trials of enhanced services without filing comparably
efficient interconnection (CEI) plans.  (See In the Matter of  Bell Operating Companies' Joint
Petition for Waiver of Computer II Rules, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 95-36, rel.
Jan. 11, 1995, (Interim Waiver Order), and BOC Notices of Compliance with CEI Waiver
Requirements for Market Trials of Enhanced Services, Memorandum Opinion and Order, CC
Docket No. 88-616, 4 FCC Rcd 1266 (1989).) 

     Interested parties should file comments on NYNEX's  Market Trial Notification by July
28, 1995, and reply comments by August 7, 1995, with the Secretary, FCC, 1919 M Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C.  20554.  A copy should also be sent to Peggy Reitzel, Common
Carrier Bureau, FCC, Room 544, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554, and to the
Commission's contractor for public service records duplication: ITS, Inc., 2100 M Street, N.W.,
Suite 140, Washington, D.C.  20037.   NYNEX's Notification is available for inspection and
copying, during normal business hours, in the FCC's Dockets Branch (Room 239), 1919 M
Street, N.W., Washington,D.C. 20554.  Copies also can be obtained from ITS at (202) 857-
3800. 

           We will treat this proceeding as non-restricted for purposes of the Commission's ex
parte rules.  See generally 47 C.F.R.  1.1200-1.1216.  For further information contact Peggy
Reitzel, Policy and Program Planning Division of the Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-
1579.
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