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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp  fcc  gov 
 DA  01-  1447 
 Released:  June  18,  2001 


 FCC  ANNOUNCES  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  STREAMLINED  PROCEDURES  FOR  HANDLING  THE  CARRIER-  TO-  CARRIER  SALE  OR  TRANSFER  OF  SUBSCRIBER  BASES 


 Rules  Become  Effective  on  June  21,  2001 
 CC  Docket  Nos.  00-  257  and  94-  129 
 The  Common  Carrier  Bureau  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC)  announces  the  effective 
 date  of  the  streamlined  procedures  for  handling  the  carrier-  to-  carrier  sale  or  transfer  of  subscriber  bases 
 that  the  FCC  adopted  in  its  First  Report  and  Order  in  2000  Biennial  Review  –  Review  of  Policies  and 
 Rules  Concerning  Unauthorized  Changes  of  Consumers  Long  Distance  Carriers  and  Fourth  Report  and 
 Order  in  Implementation  of  the  Subscriber  Carrier  Selection  Changes  Provisions  of  the 
 Telecommunications  Act  of  1996,  FCC  01-  156  (rel.  May  15,  2001)  (Order).  These  streamlined 
 procedures  replace  the  waiver  process  that  carriers  had  previously  used  to  acquire  subscriber  bases 
 through  sale  or  transfer  in  compliance  with  47  U.  S.  C.  §  258  and  the  FCC’s  carrier  change  authorization 
 and  verification  rules. 


 The  new  rule  provision,  47  C.  F.  R.  §  64.1120(  e),  will  take  effect  on  June  21,  2001. 
 A  summary  of  the  Order  was  published  in  the  Federal  Register  at  66  FR  28117  (May  22,  2001),  and  the 
 subject  heading  of  the  summary  was  corrected  at  66  FR  30334  (June  6,  2001).  The  Office  of 
 Management  and  Budget  (OMB)  approved  the  information  collections  contained  in  section  64.1120(  e)  on 
 June  7,  2001.  OMB  No.  3060-  0973.  Notice  of  the  June  21,  2001  effective  date  will  be  published  in  the 
 Federal  Register. 


 For  further  information,  contact  Michele  Walters,  Associate  Chief,  Accounting  Policy  Division,  Common 
 Carrier  Bureau,  (202)  418-  7400;  TTY  (202)  418-  0484;  mwalters@  fcc.  gov. 
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