Vol. 18, No. 56 March 24,1999
Report No: N-112-A. Released: March 24, 1999. COMMON CARRIER NETWORK SERVICES APPLICATIONS FILED UNDER RULES PART 68. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/Part68_Actions/1999/24mar99r.txt
Report No: NCD-263. Released: March 24, 1999. COMMON CARRIER BUREAU NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATION RE: NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATION RECEIVED. Contact: Ms. Ginny Kennedy, Network Services Division at (202) 418-2328.
Report No: NCD-264. Released: March 24, 1999. COMMON CARRIER BUREAU NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATION RE: NETWORK CHANGE SHORT TERM NOTIFICATION RECEIVED. Contact: Ms. Ginny Kennedy, Network Services Division at (202) 418-2328.
Report No: NCD-266. Released: March 24, 1999. COMMON CARRIER BUREAU NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATION RE: NETWORK CHANGE SHORT TERM CERTIFICATION RECEIVED. Contact: Ms. Ginny Kennedy, Network Services Division at (202) 418-2328.
Report No: NCD-265. Released: March 24, 1999. COMMON CARRIER BUREAU NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATION RE: NETWORK CHANGE SHORT TERM CERTIFICATION RECEIVED. Contact: Ms. Ginny Kennedy, Network Services Division at (202) 418-2328.
Report No: NCD-262. Released: March 24, 1999. COMMON CARRIER BUREAU NETWORK CHANGE NOTIFICATION RE: NETWORK CHANGE SHORT TERM CERTIFICATION RECEIVED. Contact: Ms. Ginny Kennedy, Network Services Division at (202) 418-2328.
Report No: 3672. Released: March 24, 1999. CABLE SERVICES ACTION.
Report No: 1404. Released: March 24, 1999. CABLE TELEVISION RELAY SERVICE (CARS) APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING.
Report No: SES-00062. Released: March 24, 1999. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES RE: SATELLITE RADIO APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Contact: Satellite and Radiocommunication Division at (202) 418-0719; TTY: (202) 418-2555. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1999/pnin9062.pdf
Report No: 44445. Released: March 24, 1999. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac990324.txt
Released: March 24, 1999. EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN PERMIT-BUT-DISCLOSE PROCEEDINGS. Contact: Barbara Lowe, Office of the Secretary at (202) 418-0310. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Public_Notices/Exparte/1999/ex990324.html
Report No: 185. Released: March 24, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ASSIGNMENT OF AUTHORIZATION AND TRANSFER OF CONTROL APPLICATIONS ACTION. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9073.pdf
Report No: 184. Released: March 24, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ASSIGNMENT OF AUTHORIZATION AND TRANSFER OF CONTROL APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9072.pdf
Released: March 24, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU CLARIFIES RESPONSIBLITIES OF PAGING LICENSEES FILING RENEWAL APPLICATIONS. (DA No. 99-575). Contact: Bettye Woodward at (202) 418-1345. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/da990575.wp
Released: March 24, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU TO HOLD A PUBLIC FORUM ON NEW POLICY REGARDING DISMISSING AND RETURNING APPLICATIONS AND DISMISSING PLEADINGS ASSOCIATED WITH APPLICATIONS.Forum to be held on April 7, 1999, in Commission Meeting Room, from 1-3 PM, 445 12th St., SW, Washington, DC. (DA No. 99-574). Contact: Commercial Wireless: Charlene Lagerwerff at (202) 418-1349; Private Wireless: Steve Linn at (717) 338-2652; Antenna Registration: Barb Sibert at (717) 338-2522. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/da990574.wp
ERRATUM TO DA 99-483 RE: TCI CABLEVISION OF TEXAS. Corrected an MO&O, DA 99-483, released March 12, 1999. Action by Deputy Bureau Chief. Adopted: March 22, 1999. by Erratum. CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/er990483.wp
SUBURBAN CABLE TV. Denied complaint filed against the Suburban Cable TV's cable programming services tier rates in Warwick Township, PA. Action by Acting Chief, Financial Analysis and Compliance Division. Adopted: March 22, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-563). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da990563.wp
ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF REGULATORY FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999. Commenced a proceeding to revise the FCC's Schedule of Regulatory Fees in order to collect the amount of regulatory fees that Congress, pursuant to section 9(a) of the Communications Act, as amended, has required the Commission to collect for Fiscal Year 1999. Comments due April 19; replies April 29. Dkt No.: MD- 98-200. Action by the Commission. Adopted: March 9, 1999. by NPRM. (FCC No. 99-44). OMD Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/Notices/1999/fcc99044.wp
1998 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW - AMENDMENT OF PART 0 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES TO CLOSE THE WTB'S GETTYSBURG REFERENCE FACILITY. Amended the Commission's Rules to eliminate the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's Reference Room in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Also updated Section 0.453 of the Commission's Rules to accurately reflect the location and availability of license application information within the Wireless Bureau. Dkt No.: WT- 98-160. Action by the Commission. Adopted: March 11, 1999. by R&O. (FCC No. 99-45). WTB Contact: Walter Boswell at (717) 338-2601. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/fcc99045.wp
COMMON CARRIER ACTION - DIAL 888 VANITY - FCC FREES UP MORE TOLL FREE NUMBERS APRIL 5TH - REPORT CC 99-8. The FCC has released a letter that will make more toll free 888 numbers available to the public on April 5, 1999. Many of those numbers may be vanity numbers, spelling out recognizable words.. CCB Contact: News Media: Emily Hoffnar at (202) 418-0253. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/1999/nrcc9022.wp
COMMON CARRIER ACTION - COMMISSION ACTS TO OPEN REGIONAL LONG DISTANCE MARKETS TO COMPETITION (CC DOCKET NO. 96-98) - REPORT NO. CC 99-9. The Federal Communications Commission has released an Order establishing new deadlines by which local exchange carriers must implement dialing parity for regional long distance calls (i.e., consumers will not have to dial extra digits to use a competitor's service). Action by the Commission March 23, 1999, by Order (FCC 99-54). CCB Contact: News Media: Emily Hoffnar at (202) 418-0253. CCB contact: Gregory M. Cooke at (202) 418-2320; TTY: (2020 418-0485. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/1999/nrcc9021.wp
Released: March 23, 1999. FCC FORMS AVAILABLE. Contact: Shoko B. Hair at (202) 418-1379.
Released: March 23, 1999. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG - MARCH 22. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/Tariffs/combined/tt032299.pdf
Released: March 23, 1999. COMMON CARRIER BUREAU'S NEW PROCEDURES FOR FILING PUBLIC REFERENCE COPIES OF TARIFFS. (DA No. 99-567). Contact: Jim Lichford at (202) 418-1540. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1999/da990567.wp
Released: March 23, 1999. ELECTRONIC TARIFF FILING SYSTEM (ETFS) TO HAVE LIMITED AVAILABILITY DURING MOVE. (DA No. 99-566). Contact: Todd Mitchell or Geneva Butler, Competitive Pricing Division at (202) 418-1520. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1999/da990566.wp
Report No: 2033. Released: March 23, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU WEEKLY RECEIPTS AND DISPOSALS.
Released: March 23, 1999. AUCTION OF C, D, E, AND F BLOCK BROADBAND PCS LICENSES- INFORMATION RELATING TO ADDITIONAL QUALIFIED BIDDER - REPORT NO. AUCT-22-J. (DA No. 99-569). Contact: Jeff Garretson, Auctions Operations Branch, or Audrey Bashkin, Legal Branch, Auctions and Industry Analysis Division at (202) 418-0660.. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/da990569.wp
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LOCAL COMPETITION PROVISIONS OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT. Extended the deadline of February 8, 1999, for full implementaiton of intraLATA toll dialing parity and granted a limited waiver of the rules establishing a schedule for Commission review of intraLATA toll dialing parity plans where a state commission has not acted on a local exchange carrier application to implement intraLATA toll dialing parity. Denied as moot the Petition for Expedited Declaratory Ruling on Interstate IntraLATA Toll Dialing Parity Or, in the Alternative, Various Other Relief filed by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Pacific Bell, and Nevada Bell (SBC) on September 18, 1998. Dkt No.: CC- 96-98. Action by the Commission. Adopted: March 19, 1999. by Order. (FCC No. 99-54). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99054.wp
BELL ATLANTIC PROGRES REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH BELL ATLANTIC/NYNEX MERGER ORDER CONDITIONS. Extended the deadline for filing comments regarding Bell Atlantic's progress report regarding its compliance with the conditions imposed in the Bell Atlantic/NYNEX Merger Order until March 31, 1999. Action by Chief, Accounting Safeguards Division. Adopted: March 22, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-565). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/da990565.wp
1998 BIENNIAL REGULATORY REVIEW - REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMMON CARRIER REGULATIONS. As part of the Commission's biennial review of common carrier regulations, took steps to relieve providers of international telecommunications services of regulatory burdens that are no longer necessary, allowing new carriers to enter the market more easily and allowing carriers already providing service more flexibility to conduct their businesses. Removed or clarified unnecessary or confusing rules and simplified existing procedures. Dkt No.: IB- 98-118. Action by the Commission. Adopted: March 18, 1999. by R&O. (FCC No. 99-51). IB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/1999/fcc99051.pdf
PETITION OF US WEST FOR DECLARATORY RULING RE: ROSEVILLE, MINNESOTA. Dismissed as moot the Petition for Expedited Declaratory Ruling filed by US West, Inc., on May 23, 1995 re: two ordinances of the City of Roseville, Minnesota involving CMRS providers. Action by Chief, Commercial Wireless Division. Adopted: March 23, 1999. by MO&O. (DA No. 99-571). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da990571.wp