DAILY DIGEST

Vol. 19, No. 25                             
              February 9,2000

JOINT BOARD STAFF RELEASES COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING REPORT ON UNIVERSAL SERVICE. Dkt No.: CC- 98-202. News Media Contact: Michael Balmoris (202) 418-0253. CCB Contact: Alexander Belinfante at (202) 418-0944; TTY (202) 418-0484. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/2000/nrcc0007.doc

FCC IMPOSES $1.36 MILLION FORFEITURE AGAINST AMER-1-NET FOR SLAMMING CONSUMERS THROUGH THE USE OF FORGED AUTHORIZATION FORMS. News Media Contact: Rosemary Kimball (202) 418-0500. ENF Contact: John Winston at (202) 418-7450; Telecommunications Consumers Division Contact: William Davenport at (202) 418-1034. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Enforcement/News_Releases/2000/amerinet.html

FCC V-CHIP TASK FORCE UPDATES V-CHIP ENCODING SURVEY. MMB. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/News_Releases/2000/nrmm0003.html

Released: February 9, 2000. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG; FEB. 8. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/Tariffs/combined/tt020800.pdf

Released: February 9, 2000. PETITION OF AMSC SUBSIDIARY CORPORATION FOR PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED - CLARIFICATION OF SECTIONS 45.601(C) AND 54.506 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES.Comment Date: February 23, 2000; Reply Comment Date: March 6, 2000. (DA No. 00-237). Dkt No.: CC- 96-45. Contact: Praveen Goyal, Accouting Policy Division, Common Carrier Bureau at (202) 418-7400, TTY (202) 418-0484. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/2000/da000237.doc

Report No: TEL-00186S. Released: February 9, 2000. STREAMLINED INTERNATIONAL APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING SECTION 214 APPLICATIONS; CABLE LANDING LICENSE APPLICATIONS; REQUESTS TO AUTHORIZE SWITCHED SERVICES OVER PRIVATE LINES; SECTION 310(B)(4) REQUESTS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/2000/pnin0037.pdf

Report No: 44667. Released: February 9, 2000. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac000209.txt

Report No: 24667. Released: February 9, 2000. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applications/ap000209.txt

Report No: 445. Released: February 9, 2000. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU MARKET-BASED APPLICATIONS ACTION. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/2000/pnwl0029.pdf

Report No: 444. Released: February 9, 2000. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU MARKET-BASED APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/2000/pnwl0028.pdf

Report No: 449. Released: February 9, 2000. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ASSIGNMENT OF AUTHORIZATION AND TRANSFER OF CONTROL APPLICATIONS ACTION. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/2000/pnwl0033.pdf

Report No: 448. Released: February 9, 2000. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU ASSIGNMENT OF AUTHORIZATION AND TRANSFER OF CONTROL APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/2000/pnwl0032.pdf

Released: February 9, 2000. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON PETITION TO AMEND 47 C.F.R. SECTION 22.323 TO ALLOW CMRS LICENSEES TO PROVIDE LIMITED PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION SERVICE.Comment Date: March 9, 2000; Reply Comment Date: March 23, 2000. (DA No. 00-160). Contact: Lauren M. Van Wazer, Commercial Wireless Division, Policy and Rules Branch at (202) 418-0030. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/2000/da000160.doc

Released: February 9, 2000. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON REQUEST FOR WAIVER BY DATARADIO CORPORATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM RULE REQUIRING TRANSMITTER CAPABILITIES ON INTEROPERABILITY CHANNELS.Comment Date: March 10, 2000; Reply Comment Date: March 27, 2000. (DA No. 00-230). Contact: Bert Weintraub of the Policy and Rules Branch of the Public Safety and Private Wirless Division at (202) 418-0680; TTY (202) 418-7233. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/2000/da000230.doc

AMER-I-NET SERVICES CORPORATION. Ordered a forfeiture of $1,360,000 for repeated violations of section 258 of the Communications Act by changing the preferred interexchange carriers designated by eighteen consumers without their authorization (slamming). Action by the Commission. Adopted: February 2, 2000. by Order of Forfeiture. (FCC No. 00-31). ENF Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Enforcement/Orders/2000/fcc00031.doc

FREEPAGE CORPORATION. Denied to an extent, petitions filed for rulemaking and a Suplemental Petition requesting that the Commission amend its rules to permit paging licensees to use their assigned channel to broadcast audio programming of interest to a narrow or specialized audience, including, but not limited to persons who are visually disabled. Action by Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division. Adopted: February 8, 2000. by Order. (DA No. 00-159). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/2000/da000159.doc

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 22.949 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES TO PROVIDE FOR A MORATORIUM ON ACCEPTANCE OF UNSERVED AREA CELLULAR APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE NATIONAL RADIO QUIET ZONE. Granted a waiver of the Commission's cellular buildout requirements in areas where cellular construction is precluded by Quite Zone rules, to Easterbrooke Cellular Corporation and United States Cellular Corporation. Action by Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: February 8, 2000. by Order. (DA No. 00-236). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/2000/da000236.doc

CHAIRMAN KENNARD SAYS TREND SHOWS TELECOM CONSUMERS GET MORE CHOICES, LOWER PRICES. News Media Contact: Rosemary Kimball (202) 418-0500. OCH. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Miscellaneous/News_Releases/2000/nrmc0008.html

Released: February 8, 2000. STATEMENTS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CLASS A LOW POWER TELEVISION STATION STATUS TENDERED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/LPTV_Notices/pnmm0012.doc

ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN WILLIAM E. KENNARD TO THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB; "HOT LINKS TO AN OPEN SOCIETY, " WASHINGTON, DC, FEB. 8. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Kennard/2000/spwek005.html

TELECOMMUNICATIONS @ THE MILLENNIUM. The Telecom Act Turns Four. by Order. OPP Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/OPP/Reports/telenium.pdf