DAILY DIGESTVol. 14, No. 165 August 29, 1995 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEWS RELEASES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMON CARRIER BUREAU ADOPTS PLAN FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS RELAY SERVICES PAYPHONE CALLS -- CC DOCKET 90-571 -- (Report No. DC 95-110 Action in Docket Case). The Common Carrier Bureau has adopted a plan to ensure that payphones are accessible to persons with hearing or speech disabilities. Action by the Common Carrier Bureau August 25, by MO&O [DA 95-1874]. News Media contact: Susan Lewis Sallet at (202) 418-1500. Common Carrier Bureau contact: Pam Gerr at (202) 418-2320. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLTELL TELEPHONE SYSTEMS FILES REVISED INITIAL COST ALLOCATION MANUAL; PUBLIC COMMENT INVITED. Comments due Sept. 8, replies Sept. 18. For further information contact Tom Petras at (202) 418-0809. AMERITECH FILES REVISIONS TO ITS COST ALLOCATION MANUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THE MARKET TRIAL OF PAYPHONE MESSAGE DELIVERY SERVICE; PUBLIC COMMENT INVITED. Comments due Sept. 19, replies Sept. 29. For further information contact Ed Dashkin at (202) 418-0806. Report No. 23581 -- BROADCAST APPLICATIONS Report No. 23582A -- ADDENDUM TO PUBLIC NOTICE 23567 Report No. 43581 -- BROADCAST ACTIONS Report No. CL-95-129 -- WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICE INFORMATION Report No. CL-95-130 -- WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL WIRELESS DIVISION Report No. CL-95-131 -- WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL RADIO SERVICES INFORMATION Report No. 2095 -- PETITIONS FOR RULEMAKING FILED --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROCKY MOUNT, NC. Denied Application for Review filed by New East Communications, Inc. and Roanoke Chowan Broadcasting, Corp. regarding the MO&O which affirmed substitution of Channel 253C3 for Channel 253A at Rocky Mount, NC, and modified the license of Radio Triangle East Co.'s Station WSAY-FM to specify operation on the higher class channel; terminated the proceeding. (MM Docket 90-316 by MO&O [FCC 95-330] adopted July 31 by the Commission) SEABROOK, HUNTSVILLE, BRYAN, VICTORIA, KENEDY, AND GEORGE WEST, TX. Denied Application for Review filed by Helen Maryse Casey regarding the R&O which substituted Channel 221C1 for Channel 221C2 at Seabrook and upgraded the license of Station KRTS to specify operation on Channel 221C1; terminated the proceeding. (MM Docket 91-180 by MO&O [FCC 95-328] adopted July 31 by the Commission) FAYETTEVILLE, NC. Proposed amending Section 76.51 of the Commission's rules to add Fayetteville to the Raleigh- Durham-Goldsboro market; comments due Oct. 20, replies Nov. 6. (CS Docket 95-139 by NPRM [DA 95-1832] adopted August 15 by the Deputy Chief, Cable Services Bureau) SERVICE ELECTRIC CABLE TV, INC., MANSFIELD VIDEO, AND COMMUNICABLE, INC. V. COMMONWEALTH TELEPHONE CO. Dismissed with prejudice the pole attachment complaint of Service Electric Cable TV, Inc., et al. against Commonwealth Telephone Co. (By Order [DA 95-1856] adopted August 23 by the Chief, Accounting and Audits Division, Common Carrier Bureau) CONQUEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC, COM SYSTEMS, INC., INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC, INC. PEOPLES TELEPHONE CO., INC. U.S. LONG DISTANCE, INC., AND FONE AMERICA, INC. Dismissed as moot the Applications for Review filed by Peoples Telephone Co., Inc., et al. concerning Orders issued by the Common Carrier Bureau directing the aforementioned operator service providers (OSPs) either to demonstrate the reasonableness of their rates or to reduce those rates, and to announce at the beginning of each call that the rates are available upon request. (CC Dockets 91- 327, 91-329, 91-330, 91-331, 91-335, 91-368 by Order [FCC 95-350] adopted August 9 by the Commission) +++++++++++++ ADDENDA: The following items, released August 28, 1995, did not appear on Digest No. 164. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLIC NOTICE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABLE SERVICES BUREAU ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE COMMENTS AND REPLY COMMENTS ON THE SOCIAL CONTRACT FOR TIME WARNER CABLE. Comments due Sept. 15, replies Sept. 25. Cable Services Bureau contacts: JoAnn Lucanik, Nancy Markowitz, or Jerome Fowlkes at (202) 416-0800. Media contact: Morgan Broman at (202) 416- 0852. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEXT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMISSION PROPOSES PLAN TO ROLL OUT WIRELESS SERVICES. Proposed amending the Commission's rules to reduce burdens and to enhance the competitive potential for 220 MHz services. Comments due Sept. 27, replies Oct. 12. (PR Docket 89-552, GN Docket 93-252, PP Docket 93-253 by Second MO&O and Third NPRM [FCC 95-312] adopted July 28 by the Commission) - FCC -