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                                             DA 95-2399


                PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON
                   SBCS'S REQUEST TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A 
                           NON-DOMINANT CARRIER

                               CCBPol 95-24

                                             
                                   Released:  November 28, 1995   

     On November 22, 1995, Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc. (SBCS)
filed a petition requesting the Commission to classify SBCS as a non-dominant carrier under
the Commission's rules.  SBCS requests that it be classified as a non-dominant, interstate,
domestic, interexchange services provider to customers of:  (1) unaffiliated Commercial
Mobile Radio Services (CMRS) providers, and (2) landline local exchange providers other
than Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWBT).  SBCS states that it has no market
power in these markets and, therefore, qualifies under the Commission's rules to operate as
a non-dominant carrier.  Alternatively, SBCS states that it should be treated as non-dominant
because it is structurally separate from SWBT. 

     Interested parties may file comments on this Request to Be Classified As a Non-
Dominant Carrier by December 28, 1995, and reply comments by January 12, 1996, with
the Secretary, FCC, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554.  A copy should also be
sent to Janice M. Myles, 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.  Parties
filing comments in this non-docketed proceeding should include the Policy Division internal
reference number, CCBPol 95-24, on their pleadings.  SBCS's Request is available for
inspection and copying in the Industry Analysis Division reference room, Common Carrier
Bureau, Room 533, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.  Copies of these filings can be
obtained from ITS, Inc. at (202) 857-3800.  

     We will treat these proceedings 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
Janice M. Myles, Policy and Program Planning Division of the Common Carrier Bureau, at
(202) 418-1577.

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