[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 241 (Friday, December 14, 2001)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 64785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30867]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 1

[WT Docket No. 99-217; DA 01-2751]


Promotion of Competitive Networks in Local Telecommunications 
Markets

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission is requesting comments on the 
current state of the market for local and advanced telecommunications 
services in multitenant environments (``MTEs''). The comments requested 
will aid the Commission in gauging the effects of the rules implemented 
in the WT Docket No. 99-217 proceeding and of the Model Access 
Agreement and Best Practices Guide adopted by a real estate industry 
association.

DATES: Comments are due no later than February 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Parties who choose to file comments by paper should send 
comments to the Commission's Secretary, Magalie Roman Salas, Office of 
the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 445 12th Street, SW.; 
TW-A325; Washington, DC 20554. Comments filed through the Commission's 
Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) can be sent as an electronic 
file via the Internet to 
http://www.fcc.gov/e-file/ecfs.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leon Jackler, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau at (202) 418-0946.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of a document in WT Docket 
No. 99-217, DA 01-2751 that was released on November 30, 2001. The 
complete text of the document is available for inspection and copying 
during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center, 445 12th 
Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (202) 863-
2893. The document is also available via the Internet at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-01-2751A1.pdf.
    On October 25, 2000, the Commission released a First Report and 
Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (``Further Notice'') 
authorizing the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau to issue a public 
notice requesting additional information on the state of the market for 
local and advanced telecommunications services in multiple tenant 
environments (MTEs) eight months after the release of the Further 
Notice (66 FR 2322, January 11, 2001). The Commission in the Further 
Notice noted that an assessment of the market ``would best be guided by 
information that measures the current state of the market * * * after a 
reasonable period of time has passed after the implementation of the 
Competitive Networks Order and the best practices proposed by the real 
estate industry.'' On May 22, 2001, a real estate industry association 
released a set of best practices and a model contract for use in 
negotiating access agreements with carriers. In light of that 
development and a delay in the effective date of the new rules, the 
Bureau issued a public notice on June 25, 2001, postponing its request 
for additional information regarding the state of the market in order 
to allow sufficient opportunity to gauge the effects of the model 
access agreement, industry best practices, and Competitive Networks 
rules in the marketplace. Specifically, the Bureau stated its intent to 
issue a document on or about November 30, 2001.

    Federal Communications Commission.
Magalie Roman Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-30867 Filed 12-13-01; 8:45 am]
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