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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  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-  2889 
 Released:  December  13,  2001 


 SBC  NO  LONGER  REQUIRED  TO  REPORT 
 ARKANSAS  AND  MISSOURI  PERFORMANCE  MEASUREMENTS  RESULTS 
 UNDER  SBC/  AMERITECH  MERGER  CONDITIONS 


 In  the  SBC/  Ameritech  Merger  Order,  the  Commission  adopted  a  Carrier-  to-  Carrier  Performance  Plan 
 (Performance  Plan)  to  facilitate  oversight  of  SBC’s  market-  opening  progress.  1  The  Performance  Plan, 
 among  other  things,  requires  SBC  to  report  monthly  the  results  of  20  performance  measurements  for  each 
 of  its  states.  The  performance  measurements  depict  SBC’s  service  to  competitive  LECs  in  the  areas  of 
 operations  support  systems,  provisioning,  maintenance,  interconnection,  local  number  portability, 
 collocation,  and  billing  timeliness.  Under  the  SBC/  Ameritech  Merger  Order,  SBC’s  obligation  to  comply 
 with  the  Performance  Plan  for  a  particular  state  extends  until  the  earlier  of  (i)  36  months  after  the  date  it  is 
 first  potentially  obligated  to  make  payments  for  a  state  or  (ii)  the  first  date  the  company  is  authorized  to 
 provide  in-  region,  interLATA  services  in  that  state  pursuant  to  47  U.  S.  C.  §  271(  d)(  3).  2 


 On  November  16,  2001,  the  Commission  approved  SBC’s  application  to  provide  in-  region  interLATA 
 services  in  Kansas  and  Oklahoma,  effective  November  26,  2001.  3  Accordingly,  SBC’s  obligation  to  report 
 Arkansas  and  Missouri  performance  measurements  results  pursuant  to  the  SBC/  Ameritech  Merger  Order 
 was  extinguished  on  November  26,  2001.  SBC’s  final  submission  of  its  Arkansas  and  Missouri 
 performance  measurements  data  therefore  occurred  on  November  20,  2001,  which  showed  SBC’s 
 performance  for  the  entire  month  of  October  2001  for  these  states. 


 For  questions  regarding  this  Public  Notice,  please  contact  Mark  Stone  at  (202)  418-  0816. 
 Action  by  the  Chief,  Accounting  Safeguards  Division. 


 1  Applications  of  Ameritech  Corp.,  Transferor,  and  SBC  Communications,  Inc.,  Transferee,  For  Consent  to 
 Transfer  Control  of  Corporations  Holding  Commission  Licenses  and  Lines  Pursuant  to  Sections  214  and  310(  d)  of 
 the  Communications  Act  and  Parts  5,  22,  24,  25,  63,  90,  95,  and  101  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  CC  Docket  98- 
 141,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  14  FCC  Rcd  14712,  at  Appendix  C  (1999)  (SBC/  Ameritech  Merger 
 Order).  2 
 Id.  at  Appendix  C,  para.  24.  3 
 See  Joint  Application  by  SBC  Communications,  Inc.,  Southwestern  Bell  Telephone  Company,  and 
 Southwestern  Bell  Communications  Services,  Inc.  d/  b/  a  Southwestern  Bell  Long  Distance  Pursuant  to  Section  271 
 of  the  Telecommunications  Act  of  1996  To  Provide  In-  Region,  InterLATA  Services  in  Arkansas  and  Missouri,  CC 
 Docket  No.  01-  194,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  FCC  01-  338,  at  ¶  142  (rel.  Nov.  16,  2001). 
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