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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  01-  2781 
 Before  the 
 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 Bell  Atlantic-  Delaware,  Inc.,  et  al., 
 Complainants, 
 v. 
 Frontier  Communications  Services,  Inc.,  et  al., 
 Defendants. 


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 File  No.  E-  98-  48 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  November  29,  2001  Released:  November  30,  2001 
 By  the  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division,  Enforcement  Bureau: 
 1.  On  April  5,  2001,  the  Commission  issued  an  order  resolving  certain  payphone 
 compensation  questions  that  had  arisen  in  the  context  of  a  complaint  proceeding  between  Bell 
 Atlantic-  Delaware,  Inc.,  et  al.,  (“  Verizon”)  and  Frontier  Communications  Services,  Inc.,  et  al., 
 (“  Global  Crossing”).  1  In  the  Liability  Order,  the  Commission  held  that  Global  Crossing’s 
 obligation  to  compensate  Verizon  for  toll-  free  calls  extends  to  calls  Global  Crossing  hands  off  to 
 local  exchange  carriers,  but  that,  given  certain  conditions,  Global  Crossing  is  not  required  to  pay 
 per-  call  compensation  to  Verizon  for  traffic  that  it  hands  off  to  switch-  based  resellers.  2  The 
 Commission  directed  the  parties  to  try  and  reach  an  agreement  as  to  the  amount  of  damages, 
 computed  in  accordance  with  the  Liability  Order.  3 


 2.  On  November  20,  2001,  the  parties  filed  a  Joint  Motion  to  Dismiss  in  which  they 
 stated  that  they  have  resolved  the  damages  issues  raised  in  this  proceeding  and  have  settled  their 
 dispute  in  a  mutually  satisfactory  manner.  Their  Joint  Motion,  therefore,  petitions  the 
 Commission  to  dismiss  the  complaint  with  prejudice. 


 1  In  the  Matter  of  Bell  Atlantic-  Delaware,  Inc.,  et  al.  v.  Frontier  Communications  Services,  Inc.,  et  al., 
 Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  16  FCC  Rcd  8112  (2001)  (“  Liability  Order”).  During  the  course  of  this 
 proceeding,  Complainants  changed  their  names  as  a  result  of  corporate  reorganizations  such  that  they  now  share  the 
 name  “Verizon.”  Similarly,  Defendants  changed  their  names  as  a  result  of  corporate  reorganizations  such  that  they 
 now  share  the  name  “Global  Crossing.”  The  parties’  current  names  are  used  throughout  the  remainder  of  this 
 document. 


 2  Liability  Order,  16  FCC  Rcd  at  8119,  ¶  14. 


 3  Liability  Order,  16  FCC  Rcd  at  8121,  ¶  19. 
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 3.  We  are  satisfied  that  dismissing  this  complaint  with  prejudice  will  serve  the 
 public  interest  by  promoting  the  private  resolution  of  disputes  and  by  eliminating  the  need  for 
 further  litigation  and  the  expenditure  of  further  time  and  resources  of  the  parties  and  of  this 
 Commission. 


 4.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  1,  4(  i),  4(  j),  and  208  of  the 
 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  151,  154(  i),  154(  j),  and  208,  and  the 
 authority  delegated  in  sections  0.111  and  0.311  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.111, 
 0.311,  that  the  Joint  Motion  to  Dismiss  IS  GRANTED. 


 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  sections  1,  4(  i),  4(  j),  and  208  of  the 
 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  151,  154(  i),  154(  j),  and  208,  and  the 
 authority  delegated  in  sections  0.111  and  0.311  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  that  the  above-captioned 
 complaint  IS  DISMISSED  WITH  PREJUDICE  and  that  the  proceeding  IS 
 TERMINATED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Alexander  P.  Starr  Chief,  Market  Disputes  Resolution  Division 
 Enforcement  Bureau 
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