Vol. 18, No. 188 September 30,1999
Released: September 30, 1999. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG.September 29, 1999. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/Tariffs/combined/tt092999.pdf
Released: September 30, 1999. ENFORCEMENT DIVISION OF THE COMMON CARRIER BUREAU ANNOUNCES EFFECTIVE DATE OF TRUTH-IN-BILLING REQUIREMENTS IN CC DOCKET 98-170.April 1, 2000 is the effective date for compliance with rule 64.2001(a)(1)'s requirement that carriers highlight new service providers, and rule 64.2001(c), which requires that carriers identify deniable and nondeniable charges. Common Carrier Bureau Enforcement Division Number: (202) 418-0960. (DA No. 99-2030). Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1999/da992030.wp
Report No: 44582. Released: September 30, 1999. BROADCAST ACTIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Actions/ac990930.txt
Report No: 24582. Released: September 30, 1999. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/Brdcst_Applications/ap990930.txt
Report No: CWS-99-71. Released: September 30, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU COMMERCIAL WIRELESS INFORMATION. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9260.wp
FALCON CABLEVISION, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. Dismissed a petition for review of a local rate order setting basic service rates in the City of Calabasas, CA. Action by Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: September 27, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-1997). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da991997.wp
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. D/B/A TCI CABLEVISION OF NORTH TEXAS. Dismissed an appeal filed by TCI of a local rate order setting basic service rates in the City of McKinney, TX. Action by Chief, Consumer Protection and Competition Division, Cable Services Bureau. Adopted: September 28, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-1998). CSB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Orders/1999/da991998.wp
STRATOS MOBILE NETWORKS (USA), LLC. Granted in part Stratos Mobile's application to provide fixed-to-mobile and mobile-to-fixed Inmarsat Standard-B and Inmarsat Standard-M mobile servies; Granted Stratos Mobile's application to provide fixed-to-mobile Inmarsat Standard-B Inmarsat Standard-M mobile satellite services using foreign land earth stations; Denied Comsat Corporation's petition for reconsideration of Stratos Mobile's special temporary authority to provide fixed-to-mobile Inmarsat-B and Inmarsat-M services with Secure Telephone Unit to the U.S. Department of Defense via the foreign land earth stations at Laurentides, Canada and Perth, Australia. Action by Chief, International Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by MO&O&A. (DA No. 99-1805). IB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/1999/da991805.doc
ERRATUM: CHANNEL 33, INC. COMMONWEALTH BROADCASTING OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. Corrected DA 99-1952, issued September 23, 1999, to vacate forfeiture order issued against Channel 33, Inc., Commonwealth Broadcasting of Northern California and Fernal, Inc. Action by Chief, Mass Media Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by Erratum. MMB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Orders/1999/er991952.wp
CITY BEEPER INC. Granted request for waiver filed by City Beeper, Inc. of deadline for reinstatement. Action by Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: September 30, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-2029). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da992029.wp
SUPERCOM, INC. ET AL. Dismissed as moot Petition for Revocation of Licenses filed by Range Corporation against Supercom, Inc. Action by Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: September 30, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-1932). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da991932.wp
FCC RELEASES RULES THAT WILL GIVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES MORE ACCESS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS. News Media Contact: Audrey Spivack at (202) 418-0500; FCC Contact: Ellen Blackler at (202) 418-0491. Dkt No.: WT- 96-198. CCB. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/News_Releases/1999/nrcc9075.html
FCC COMMENCES RULEMAKING TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS TO GIVE CERTAIN LOW POWER TV STATIONS CLASS A "PRIMARY" STATUS. News Media Contact: David Fiske at (202) 418-0500; Mass Media Bureau Contacts: Keith Larson at (202) 418-2600, or Roger Holberg at (202) 418-2134. Report No: MM 99-13. by NPRM. Action by: the FCC. Adopted: September 29, 1999. (FCC No. 99-257) MMB. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/News_Releases/1999/nrmm9024.doc
Released: September 29, 1999. COMMON CARRIER BUREAU SEEKS COMMENT ON THE OHIO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION'S PETITION FOR DELEGATION OF ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT NUMBER CONSERVATION MEASURES.Comments are due by October 20, 1999; Reply Comments are due by November 3, 1999. (DA No. 99-2016). Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1999/da992016.wp
Released: September 29, 1999. COMMENTS REQUESTED ON APPLICATION BY BELL ATLANTIC FOR AUTHORIZATION UNDER SECTION 271 OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT TO PROVIDE IN-REGION, INTERLATA SERVICE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.Comments in support of or opposition to the Bell Atlantic applications by interested third parties must be filed by October 19, 1999; The New York State Service Commission must file any written consultation by October 19, 1999; Any Written consultation by the Department of Justice must be filed by November 1, 1999; Reply Comments are due by November 8, 1999. News Media Contact: Michael Balmoris at (202) 418-1500; Common Carrier Bureau Contact: Andrea Kearney at (202) 418-1580. (DA No. 99-2014). Dkt No.: CC- 99-295. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1999/da992014.doc
Report No: 1435. Released: September 29, 1999. CABLE TELEVISION RELAY SERVICE (CARS) APPLICATIONS RE: APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING.Cable Services Bureau Contact number: (202) 418-7000.
Report No: SES-00117. Released: September 29, 1999. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES INFORMATION RE: ACTIONS TAKEN.International Bureau Contact number: (202) 418-0719. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1999/pnin9187.pdf
Report No: SES-00116. Released: September 29, 1999. SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES RE: SATELLITE RADIO APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING.International Bureau Contact number: (202) 418-0719. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1999/pnin9188.pdf
Report No: 114. Released: September 29, 1999. MASS MEDIA BUREAU MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/MDS_Notices/m9909291.pdf
Report No: 65. Released: September 29, 1999. MASS MEDIA BUREAU MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SERVICE APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Public_Notices/MDS_Notices/m9909296.pdf
Report No: 331. Released: September 29, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SITE-BY-SITE ACTION. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9245.pdf
Report No: 330. Released: September 29, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU SITE-BY-SITE ACCEPTED FOR FILING. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/pnwl9244.pdf
Report No: CWD-22-F. Released: September 29, 1999. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU GRANTS 81 C,.E & F BLOCK BROADBAND PCS LICENSES.Auction No. 22. News Media Contact: Meribeth McCarrick at (202) 418-0654; Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Contact: David Judelsohn at (202) 418-7240. (DA No. 99-2008). Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Public_Notices/1999/da992008.wp
STATEMENT OF FCC CHAIRMAN WILLIAM KENNARD REGARDING BELL ATLANTIC'S 271 FILING IN NEW YORK. News Media Contact: Linda Paris at (202) 418-0500. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Kennard/Statements/stwek958.html
FCC CHAIRMAN KENNARD OUTLINES PLAN TO CREATE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE: FIRST SITTING FCC CHAIRMAN TO VISIT AFRICA DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. News Media Contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Kennard/spwek933.html
REMARKS OF COMMISSIONER SUSAN NESS BEFORE THE 1999 INTERNATIONAL ULTRA-WIDEBAND CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON, DC, SEPTEMBER 29, 1999. Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Speeches/Ness/spsn911.html
NEVADA BELL/SOUTHWESTERN BELL (SBC). Waived requirement that carriers quantify changes to the cost apportionment table by cost pool for SBC's initial consolidated October cost allocation manual (CAM) filing, and SBC may quantify revisions to its cost apportionment table by account. Further ordered that SBC need only list the substantive changes. Action by Chief, Accounting Safeguards Division, Common Carrier Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-2009). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/da992009.wp
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY (SBC). Stayed until April 9, 2000 revisions to Southwestern Bell's cost allocation manual pertaining to Section VI Cost Apportionment Table and Section VII, Time Reporting Procedures, filed March 29, 1999. Action by Chief, Accounting Safeguards Division, Common Carrier Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-1899). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/da991899.wp
APPLICATION OF BELL ATLANTIC PURSUANT TO SECTION 271 OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996 TO PROVIDE IN-REGION INTERLATA SERVICES IN NEW YORK. Adoped Protective Order regarding above referenced application. Action by Chief, Common Carrier Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by Protective Order. (DA No. 99-2013). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/da992013.doc
IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTIONS 255 AND 251(A)(2) OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934, AS ENACTED BY THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996: ACCESS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT & CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. Comment Date: November 14, 1999; Reply Comment Date: December 14, 1999. Dkt No.: WT- 96-198. Action by the FCC. Adopted: July 14, 1999. by R&O & FNOI. (FCC No. 99-181). CCB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1999/fcc99181.wp
ESTABLISHMENT OF A CLASS A TELEVISION SERVICE. Began rulemaking to consider giving certain low power TV stations Class A primary status. Comment Date: (60 days after publication in the Federal Register); Reply Comment Date: (90 days after publication in the Federal Register). Dkt No.: MM- 99-292. Action by the FCC. Adopted: September 22, 1999. by NPRM. (FCC No. 99-257). MMB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Mass_Media/Notices/1999/fcc99257.pdf
COMMCO L.L.C. Denied Commco's petition for partial reconsideration of Settlement Window Public Notice. Action by Deputy Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: September 28, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-1991). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da991991.wp
TRANSIT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Granted petition for reconsideration filed by Dial Call, inc.; Set Aside, In Part the award of a finder's preference request to Betty Miller on January 24, 1997 by removing frequencies 864.7125 and 865.7125 MHz. Action by Deputy Chief, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by MO&O. (DA No. 99-2011). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da992011.doc
TELEBEEPER, INC. Denied waiver request filed by Telebeeper, Inc. on March 4, 1994 concerning distance separation standards. Action by Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-2021). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da992021.wp
ABC CELLULAR CORPORATION. Denied waiver request filed by ABC Cellular Coproration on January 31, 1994 concerning distance separation standards. Action by Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-2017). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da992017.wp
U.S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Granted Western Wireless Corporation's request for withdrawal of application for review and terminated proceeding. Action by Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-1397). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da991397.wp
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY GROUP, INC. Denied waiver request filed by Applied Technology, Inc. on January 29, 1994 concerning distance separation standards. Action by Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-2019). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da992019.wp
MAP MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Denied waiver request filed by MAP Mobile Communications, Inc. on April 11, 1994 concerning local channel exclusivity. Action by Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-2020). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da992020.wp
PAUL KELLEY D/B/A AMERICAN TELTRONIX. Denied waiver request filed by Paul Kelley d/b/a American Teltronix on January 28, 1994 concerning distance separation standard. Action by Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-2018). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da992018.wp
SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. D/B/A SUPERIOR SPECTRUM. Dismissed as moot Emergency Petition for a Cease and Desist Order filed by Superior on March 10, 1998. Action by Deputy Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Commercial Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: September 29, 1999. by Order. (DA No. 99-2012). WTB Internet URL: https://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1999/da992012.wp