September 25, 2000

OPEN PROCEEDINGS

The following is a listing of current FCC Notices of Proposed Rulemaking
and Notices of Inquiry open for public comment, except routine petitions
to amend the Table of Allotments. This listing also includes pertinent
Public Notices announcing comment subjects and dates. For additional
information, contact Marilyn Abraham, Consumer Information Bureau at
(202) 418-2374. Please note: as comment and reply comment periods
expire, they are deleted from this listing. \*Asterisk indicates comment
period deadline is past, but reply comment period still is open.

# [CABLE SERVICES BUREAU]{.underline}

**CS 00-132; NOI 8/1/00 (adopted 7/25/00); FCC 00-270**

**In The Matter of Annual Assessment of the Status of Competition in
Market for the Delivery of Video Programming.**

The Commission seeks information that will allow it to evaluate the
status of competition in the video marketplace, prospects for new
entrants to the market, and its effect on the cable television industry
and consumers. Comments due September 8\*; replies due September 29.

**CS-97-80; FNPRM 9/18/00 (adopted 9/14/00); FCC 00-341**

**Implementation of Section 304 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,
Commercial Availability of Navigation Devices.**

The Commission adopted Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and
Declaratory Ruling in this proceeding. Comments due: November 15;
replies due: December 18.

# [COMMON CARRIER BUREAU]{.underline}

**PN 5/10/00; DA 00-163**

**Revision of Part 15 of the Commission\'s Rules Regarding
Ultra-Wideband Transmission Systems.**

Initiated inquiry to investigate the possibility of permitting the
operation of ultra-wideband devices on an unlicensed basis under part 15
of the Commission\'s rules. Comments due 90 days from publication in
Federal Register; replies due 120 days from publication in Federal
Register.

**CC 96-45; Order and FNPRM 8/31/00 (adopted 8/30/00); FCC 00-332**

**Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Promoting Deployment
and Subscribership in Unserved and Underserved Areas, Including Tribal
and Insular Areas.**

The Commission stayed, on its own motion, the implementation of recently
adopted federal Lifeline and link Up assistance rule amendments only to
the extent that they apply to qualifying low-income consumers living
near reservations. Comments due October 12; replies due October 27.

**CC 98-147; CC 96-98; Order 8/10/00 (adopted 8/9/00); FCC 00-297**

**Deployment of Wireline Services Offering Advanced Telecommunications
Capability and Implementation of the Local Competition Provision of the
Telecommunications Act of 1996.**

In the advanced Services First Report and Order, the Commission adopted
measures to facilitate the development of competition in the advanced
services market. Comments due September 18\*; replies due October 10.

**CC 80-286; PN 8/15/00; DA 00-1865**

**Comment Sought on Recommended Decision Issued by Federal-State Joint
Board on Jurisdictional Separations.**

The Commission seeks comment on the impact of the increased intrastate
usage since

1995 on jurisdictional allocations and consumers. Comments due September
25; replies due October 10. Contact: William Cox at (202) 418-7400.

**CC 96-45; PN 8/17/00; DA 00-1882**

**Common Carrier Bureau Seek Comment on Western Wireless Corporation
Petition to Reject Rural Telephone Company Self-Certification Files by
Valor Telecommunications Southwest, LLC.**

On October 21, 1999, the Commission required rural carriers serving
study areas with

more than 100,000 access lines to file certification letters by July 1,
2000. Comments due September 18\*; replies due October 3.

**PN 8/23/00; DA 00-1946**

**Enporion, Inc. Seeks Commission Determination of \"Exempt
Telecommunications Company\" Status Under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act.**

On August 10, 2000, Enporion, Inc., pursuant to section 34(a)(1) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 as added by section 103 of
the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, filed an
application requesting a Commission determination that it is an exempt
telecommunications company. Comments due September 22\*; replies due
September 29. Contact: Al McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or Marty Schwimmer
at (202) 418-2320.

**CC 96-45; PN 8/29/00; DA 00-1977**

**Citizens Telecommunications Company of Wyoming and Qwest Corporation
Seek a Waiver of the Definition of \"Study Area\" in Part 36 of Rules.**

On August 21, 2000, Citizens Telecommunications Company of Wyoming and
Qwest Corporation filed a joint petition for waiver of the definition of
\"study area\" as set forth in Part 36 of the Commission\'s rules.
Comments due September 13\*; replies due September 25. Contact: Adrian
Wright at (202) 418-0854.

**PN 8/29/00; DA 00-1982**

**Common Carrier Bureau Seeks Comment on the Massachusetts Department of
Telecommunications and Energy Petition for Delegation of Additional
Authority to Implement Number Conservation Measures in Massachusetts.**

On September 28, 1998, the Federal Communications Commission released
the Pennsylvania Numbering Order, which delegated additional authority
to state public utility commissions to order number rationing in
jeopardy situations and encouraged state commissions to seek further
limited delegations of authority to implement other innovative number
conservation methods.

The Common Carrier Bureau seeks comment on Petitioner\'s request for
additional delegated authority to implement the number conservation
measures to the extent that they are not superseded by the national
number resource optimization measures addressed in the numbering
resource optimization order. Comments due September 27; replies due
October 11. Contact: Aaron Goldberger at (202) 418-2320.

**PN 8/30/00; DA 00-1989**

**Telergy East, LLC Seeks Commission Determination of \"Exempt
Telecommunications Company\" Status Under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act.**

On August 18, 2000, Telergy East, LLC pursuant to section 34(a)(1) of
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 as added by section 103
of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, filed an
application requesting a Commission determination that it is an exempt
telecommunications company. Comments due September 20\*; replies due
September 27. Contact: Al McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or Marty Schwimmer
at (202) 418-2320.

**PN 8/30/00; DA 00-1990**

**Energy Pool Funds Administration limited Seeks Commission
Determination of \"Exempt Telecommunications Company\" Status Under The
Public Utility Holding Company Act.**

On August 18, 2000, Energy Pool Funds Administration Limited pursuant to
section 34(a)(1) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 as
added by section 103 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No.
104-104, filed an application requesting a Commission determination that
it is an exempt telecommunications company.

Comments due September 20\*; replies due September 27. Contact: Al
McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or Marty Schwimmer at (202) 418-2320.

**PN 8/30/00; DA 00-1991**

**ESIS Limited Seeks Commission Determination of \"Exempt
Telecommunications Company\" Status Under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act.**

On August 18, 2000, ESIS Limited pursuant to section 34(a)(1) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 as added by section 103 of
the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, filed an
application requesting a Commission determination that it is an exempt
telecommunications company. Comments due September 20\*; replies due
September 27. Contact: Al McCloud at (202) 418-2499 or Marty Schwimmer
at (202) 418-2320.

**CC 00-157; PN 9/1/00; DA 00-2024**

**FCC Seeks Comment on Joint Application for Consent to Transfer Control
Filed by Northpoint Communications, Inc. and Verizon Communications.**

On August 25, 2000, NorthPoint Communications, Inc. and Verizon
Communications filed a joint application under Section 214 of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. section 214,
requesting Commission approval of the transfer of control of
NorthPoint\'s section

214 authorization to provide domestic interstate telecommunications
services as a non-dominant

carrier in connection with the proposed merger of NorthPoint and Verizon
digital subscriber line business into a new non-dominant carrier.
Comments due October 2; replies due October 17.

Contact: Jessica Rosenworcel (202) 418-2764.

**CC 99-200; PN 9/5/00; DA 00-2011**

**The Commission Seeks Comments on the Thousands-Block Pooling
Administrator Technical Requirements/Pleading Cycle Established.**

On March 31, 2000, the Commission released a Report and Order and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Numbering Resource
Optimization. In the NRO Order, the Commission directed the North
American Numbering Council to propose revisions to the existing proposed
thousands-block Pooling Administrator Requirements Document to specify
the technical requirements for the Pooling Administrator.
Thousands-block number pooling is an alternative method for the
assignment of numbering resources. Instead of assigning all 10,000
numbers within an NXX code to a single service provider, thousands-block
pooling involves the allocation of telephone numbers within an NXX code
in blocks of a thousand sequential numbers to different service
providers in a particular rate area. Under the plan laid out in the NRO
Order, a National Thousands-Block pooling Administrator will coordinate
and administer the allocation of the thousands blocks. Comments due
September 25; replies due October 2. Contact: Sanford Williams at (202)
418-1508.

**CC 98-147; CC 96-98; PN 9/6/00; DA 00-2036**

**Common Carrier Bureau Extends Pleading Cycle for Second Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 98-147 and Fifth Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking in CC Docket No. 96-98.**

On August 10, 2000, the Commission released the *Order on
Reconsideration and Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking* in *CC
Docket No. 98-147* and *Fifth Further Notice of Proposed* *Rulemaking*
in *CC Docket No. 96-98*. The *Order on Reconsideration* clarified
certain aspects of the Commission\'s collocation rules. Additionally,
the Commission adopted a *Second Further* *Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking* in *CC Docket No. 98-147* that invites comment on the issues
that were remanded by the U.S. Court of Appeals in *GTE Service Corp. v.
FCC* and on other collocation-related issues important to local
competition. The Commission also adopted a *Fifth Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking* in *CC Docket No. 96-98,* inviting comment on
whether the Commission\'s local competition rules should be modified or
clarified, particularly those applying to the transport, loop, and
subloop elements, in light of the deployment of new network
architectures by incumbent. Comments due October 12; replies due
November 14. Contact: William Kehoe at (202) 418-1580.

**PN 9/7/00; DA 00-2040**

**Wisconsin Local Exchange Carriers File Intrastate Pay Telephone
Services Tariff Submissions and Cost Support.**

On March 2, 2000, the Common Carrier Bureau released an order directing
the four largest incumbent local exchange carriers in Wisconsin to
submit to the Federal Communications Commission copies of their
currently effective tariffs for intrastate payphone service offerings,
along with cost support justification for these tariffs, which have not
been determined by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to comply
with section 276 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the
Commission\'s rules. Comments due: October 2; replies due October 23.
Contact: John Stover at (202) 418-1520.

**CC 96-45; PN 9/8/00;DA 00-2052**

**Alpine Communications, L.C. and Jordan-Soldier Valley Telephone
Company Seek a Waiver of the Definition of \"Study Area\" in Part 36 and
a Waiver of Section 69.605(C) of the Commission\'s Rules.**

On June 15, 2000, Alpine Communications, L.C. and Jordan-Soldier Valley
Company filed a joint petition for waiver of the definition of \"study
area\" as set forth in Part 36 of the Commission rules. Comments due
September 25\*; replies due October 5. Contact: Adrian Wright at (202)
418-7400.

**PN 9/12/00; DA 00-2086**

**Progress Telecommunications Corporation Seeks Commission Determination
of \"Exempt Telecommunications Company\" Status under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act.**

On August 18, 2000, Progress Telecommunications Corporation pursuant to
Section 34(a)(1) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
added by section 103 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No.
104-104, filed an application requesting a Commission determination that
it is an exempt telecommunications company. Comments due October 3;
replies due October 10. Contact: Al McCloud (202) 418-2499.

**PN 9/12/00; DA 00-2087**

**Caronet, Inc. Seeks Commission Determination of \"Exempt
Telecommunications Company\" Status Under The Public Utility Holding
Company Act.**

On August 18, 2000, Coronet, Inc. pursuant to section 34(a)(1) of the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as added by section 103 of
the telecommunications Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-104, filed an
application requesting a Commission determination that it is an exempt
telecommunications company. Comments due October 3; replies due October
10. Contact Al McCloud at (202) 418-2499.

**CC 96-98; PN 9/18/00; DA 00-2131**

**Comments Requested on WorldCom Petition for Waiver of the Supplemental
Order Clarification Regarding UNE Combinations.**

On September 12, 2000, WorldCom, Inc. filed a petition for waiver of the
Supplemental Order Clarification in CC Docket No. 96-98 Implementation
of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of
1996. The Order sets out the requirements regarding the ability of
requesting carriers to use combinations of unbundled network elements
(UNEs) to provide local exchange and exchange access service prior to
the Commission\'s resolution of the Fourth Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking in this docket. Comments due October 2; replies due October
10. Contact: Jodie Donovan-May at (202) 418-1580.

**[MASS MEDIA BUREAU]{.underline}**

**MM 00-105; NPRM 6/20/00 (adopted 6/5/00); FCC 00-203**

**Elimination of Experimental Broadcast Ownerships Restrictions.**

The Commission proposes to eliminate the multiple ownership rule for
experimental broadcast stations, which now provides that no entity may
control more than one experimental license absent a showing of need.
Comments due September 1\*; replies due October 2.

**MM 00-108; NPRM 6/20/00 (adopted 6/8/00); FCC 00-213**

**Amendment of Section 73.658(G) of the Rules \-- the Dual Network
Rule.**

The Commission proposes to amend the \"dual network\" rule applicable to
broadcast stations. Comments due September 1\*; replies due October 2.

# [WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU]{.underline}

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**WT 96-86; Fourth NPRM 8/2/00 (adopted 7/25/00); FCC 00-271**

**The Development of Operational, Technical and Spectrum Requirements
for Meeting Federal, State and Local Public Safety Communication
Requirements through the Year 2010.**

In this Fourth Notice of Proposed Rule Making, the Commission is
considering various technical and operational issues regarding the use
of interoperability frequencies in the 764-776 MHz and 794-806 MHz
frequency bands. Comments can be filed 30 days after publication in the
Federal Register; reply comments can be filed 45 days after publication
in the Federal Register.

**CC 94-102; PN 8/16/00; DA 00-1875**

**Wireless Telecommunications Bureau seeks comment on Phase 1 E911
Implementation Issues.**

The Commission seek comment on a request filed by King County,
Washington E-911 Program Office for assistance in resolving a conflict
related to the implementation on wireless Phase I Enhanced 911 (E911)
service in the State of Washington. Comments due September 18\*, replies
due October 11. Contact: Wendy Austrie at (202) 418-1310.

**PN 8/17/00; DA 00-1893**

**SBC Communications Inc., Ameritech Wireless Communications, Inc., AT&T
Wireless PCS, LLC, and Indiana Acquisition, L.L.C. Seek FCC Censent to
Transfer Control of and to Assign Licenses.**

SBC Communications Inc., Ameritech Wireless Communications, Inc., AT&T
Wireless PCS, LLC (\"AWP\"), and Indiana Acquisition, L.L.C. have filed
applications pursuant to Section 310(d) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. section 310(d), seeking Commission approval
of (1) the transfer of control of AWP of licenses and authorizations
currently controlled by subsidiaries and affiliates of SBC; (2) the
reciprocal assignment of licenses between Ameritech Wireless and AWP;
and (3) the reciprocal assignment of licenses between Ameritech Wireless
and Indiana Acquisition. Petitions/Comments due September 18\*;
replies/oppositions due September 28. Contact: Lauren Kravetz or Michael
Samsock at (202) 418-7240.

**WT 00-110; CC 92-105; NPRM 8/29/00 (adopted 8/24/00); FCC 00-327**

**Implementation of 911 Act, The Use of N11 Codes and Other Abbreviated
Dialing Arrangements.**

Assigned 911 as a national abbreviated dialing code to be used
exclusively for access to emergency police and other government
services. Sought comment on appropriate transition periods for areas in
which 911 is not currently in use as emergency number.

Comments due October 16; replies due November 15.

**CC 94-102; PN 9/7/00; DA 00-2048**

**WTB Seeks Comment on Request for Temporary Waiver of Wireless 911 Call
Processing Rules by QUALCOMM Incorporated.**

On August 31, 2000, QUALCOMM Incorporated filed a petition for Waiver
with the Commission requesting that the Commission grant a temporary
waiver of Section 22.921 of the Commission\'s Rules, to the extent
necessary, to permit the continued manufacture of QUALCOMM\'s TriMode
Portable User Terminal designed primarily for operation with the
Globalstar constellation of satellites. Comments due September 18\*;
replies due September 26; contact Wendy Austrie at (202) 418-1310.

**PN 9/20/00; DA 00-2083**

**FCC Seeks Comment on Petition for a Declaratory Ruling Regarding
Whether Certain CMRS Practices Violate the Communications Act.**

The Commission seeks comment on a petition for declaratory ruling filed
on February 2, 2000 by the plaintiffs in the *White v. GTE* class action
lawsuit. The White petition requests a declaratory ruling on the issues
contained in count I of the Third Amended Complaint of the GTE class
action. GTE filed an opposition to the White petition on February 10,
2000. On March 3, 2000, petitioners submitted a reply to GTE\'s
opposition.

The issues presented by the White petition are focused on whether the
following practices are unjust and unreasonable practices under section
201(b) of the Communications Act: (1) charging customers for dead time;
(2) charging for unanswered or unconnected calls; (3) measuring the time
of a call from the time the \"send\" button (or other similar button) is
pushed;

and, (4) the practice of rounding up any of the foregoing types of
charges to the next minute. In light of the Commission decisions in
response to the Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems petition and the WCA
petition. Comments due October 20; replies due November 6. Contact:
Susan Kimmel or Mary Woytek 202-418-1310.