__________ ____ Federal Communications Commission_________PA 01-310
Before the
Federal Communications Commission 
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
)Petition of Ameritech Corporation )
for Forbearance from Enforcement of ) CC Docket No. 98-65 
Section 275 (a) of the Communications ) 
Act of 1934, As Amended )
ORDER
Adopted: February 7,2001 Released: February 8,2001 
By the Chief, Policy and Program Planning Division:
1. On August 31,1999, the Commission released a Memorandum Opinion and Order 
denying a petition filed by Ameritech Corporation (Ameritech) requesting that the Commission 
forbear from applying the provisions of section 275(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
amended, to Ameritech's alarm monitoring operations.1 On September 30,1999, Ameritech filed 
a petition for reconsideration of that order. On December 11,2000, Ameritech's successor in 
interest, SBC Communications Inc. (SBC), filed a letter with the Secretary, FCC, withdrawing 
Ameritech's petition for reconsideration.2 In view of SBC's withdrawal of the petition for 
reconsideration of the Ameritech Alarm Monitoring Order, there are no remaining issues to 
address in this docket.
2. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the 
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91 and 0.291, that this proceeding, CC Docket No. 98-65, IS 
HEREBY TERMINATED and CC Docket No. 98-65 IS CLOSED.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
(&JJU\
Michelle Carey, Chief ^ 
Policy and Program Planning Division 
Common Carrier Bureau
1 Petition of Ameritech Corporation for Forbearance from Enforcement of Section 275(a) of the Communications 
Act of 1934, As Amended, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 15 FCC Red 7066 (1999) (Ameritech Alarm 
Monitoring Order).
1 See letter from Mark C. Del Bianco, Counsel for SBC Communications Inc., to Magalie Roman Salas, 
Secretary, FCC, dated Dec. 11,2000.
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