*Pages 1--2 from Microsoft Word - 5962.doc* Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 67 _______________________________________________________________________ Before the FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Washington, D. C. 20554 ) AT& T Corporation, ) ) Complainant, ) ) v. ) File No. E- 99- 15S ) Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, ) Pacific Bell, and Nevada Bell, ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER Adopted: January 10, 2001 Released: January 11, 2001 By the Deputy Chief, Market Disputes Resolution Division, Enforcement Bureau: 1. This matter comes before the Commission as a Joint Motion of AT& T Corporation and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Pacific Bell, and Nevada Bell to Dismiss With Prejudice (Joint Motion). The above- captioned complaint addresses the defendants’ practice of improperly assessing carrier common line charges for interstate calls involving certain optional calling services. 2. We are satisfied that granting this motion to dismiss 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. 3. 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 and 0.311, that the Joint Motion to Dismiss With Prejudice IS GRANTED. 1 Federal Communications Commission DA 01- 67 _______________________________________________________________________ 4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above- captioned complaint IS DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and that this proceeding IS TERMINATED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Radhika V. Karmarkar, Deputy Chief Market Disputes Resolution Division Enforcement Bureau 2