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PUBLIC NOTICE
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
1919 M STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554                                  DA 98-776

News media information 202/418-0500     Fax-On-Demand  202/418-2830     Internet:  http://www.fcc.gov    ftp.fcc.gov


                                         Released: April 22, 1998

Nevada Bell Petitions Commission for Permission to Implement New Service Rate Elements

                    Pleading Cycle Established

COMMENTS:  April 29, 1998

     On April 20, 1998, Nevada Bell filed a petition requesting permission to implement a series of Service
Provider Number Portability (SPNP) Query Service rate elements patterned after certain rate elements that
another local exchange carrier (LEC) had proposed and which the Commission had previously approved. 
Nevada Bell proposes these rate elements in order to recover the costs incurred in the implementation and
provision of SPNP service.

     Nevada Bell asserts that Ameritech Corp (Ameritech) and Bell Atlantic previously filed petitions under
Part 69.4(g) of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  69.4(g), to establish new service access tariff rate elements
intended to recover the ongoing costs of providing number portability query services to telecommunications
carriers that do not provide their own database capabilities.  Nevada Bell states that both of these petitions were
approved and that, pursuant to the Third Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96-262, after an incumbent LEC
has satisfied the public interest requirement for establishing new rate elements for a new switched access
service and the original petition did not rely on a competitive showing, other incumbent price cap LECs can
introduce identical new services and their petitions will be reviewed within 10 days.  Nevada Bell therefore
requests permission to implement the following rate elements, which it claims are identical in all material
respects to those approved for Ameritech and Bell Atlantic:  SPNP Query for prearranged charges from its end
office; SPNP Query for prearranged charges from its tandem; SPNP Query for default charges from its end
office; and SPNP Query for default charges from its tandem.  

     Interested parties may file comments on Nevada Bell's petition no later than April 29, 1998.  When
filing comments, please reference the internal file number:  CCB/CPD 98-31.

     An original and four copies of all comments must be filed in accordance with Section 1.51(c) of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.51(c).  In addition, one copy of each pleading must be filed with
International Transcription Services (ITS), the Commission's duplicating contractor, at its office at 1231 20th
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, and one copy with the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, 1919 M
Street, N.W., Room 518, Washington, D.C. 20554.

     For further information, contact Yvonne Hawkins, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier
Bureau, (202) 418-1530.

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