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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  00-  2851 
 Before  the 
 Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Application  of  Verizon  New  England  Inc.,  Bell 
 Atlantic  Communications,  Inc.  (d/  b/  a  Verizon 
 Long  Distance),  NYNEX  Long  Distance 
 Company  (d/  b/  a  Verizon  Enterprise  Solutions) 
 And  Verizon  Global  Networks  Inc., 
 For  Authorization  to  Provide  In-  Region, 
 InterLATA  Services  in  Massachusetts 


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 CC  Docket  No.  00-  176 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  December  18,  2000  Released:  December  18,  2000 
 By  the  Common  Carrier  Bureau: 
 1.  On  September  22,  2000,  Verizon  New  England  Inc.,  et  al.,  filed  an  application  for 
 authorization  to  provide  in-  region,  interLATA  service  originating  in  Massachusetts,  pursuant  to 
 section  271  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  271.  On  December 
 18,  2000,  Verizon  filed  an  ex  parte  letter  in  this  docket  withdrawing  its  application.  1  As  such,  we 
 hereby  terminate  this  docket.  Verizon  further  expressed  its  intention  to  “shortly  file  to  initiate  a 
 new  application”  and  to  incorporate  the  existing  record  in  this  docket  into  the  new  application. 
 We  will  consider  such  a  request  once  Verizon  files  a  new  application. 


 2.  Accordingly  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  authority  delegated  under  sections 
 0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91  and  0.291,  that  the  proceeding  in 
 CC  Docket  00-  176  IS  TERMINATED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Dorothy  T.  Attwood 
 Chief,  Common  Carrier  Bureau 


 1  Letter  of  Michael  E.  Glover,  Senior  Vice  President  &  Deputy  General  Counsel,  Verizon,  to  Magalie  Roman 
 Salas,  Secretary,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  CC  Docket  No.  00-  176  (filed  Dec.  18,  2000). 
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