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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  02-  1019 
 Federal  Communications  Commission  Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 Adopted:  May  2,  2002  Released:  May  2,  2002 
 Ms.  Dee  May  Executive  Director 
 Federal  Regulatory  1300  I  Street,  NW,  Suite  400  West 
 Washington,  DC  20005 
 RE:  Bell  Atlantic/  GTE  Merger  Order,  CC  Docket  No.  98-  184 
 Dear  Ms.  May: 
 This  letter  addresses  Verizon  Communications,  Inc.  ’s  (Verizon)  performance  measurements  that  are  contained  in  the  Bell  Atlantic/  GTE  Merger  Order.  1  As  explained  below,  I  approve  Verizon’s  April 


 30,  2002,  proposal  for  two  minor  corrections  of  its  business  rules  that  pertain  to  those  measurements.  2 
 The  Bell  Atlantic/  GTE  Merger  Order  establishes  performance  standards  and  a  semiannual  review  process  designed,  inter  alia,  for  the  purpose  of  reviewing  such  standards.  3  In  its  letter,  Verizon  states  that 
 it  discovered  two  typographical  errors  in  the  recently  approved  redline  of  the  business  rules  from  the  most  recent  semiannual  review.  4  Specifically,  Verizon  explains  that  a  footnote  was  erroneously  omitted  for 
 UNE  measures  in  both  the  OR-  1  and  OR-  2  business  rules,  5  which  measure  Verizon’s  performance  for  Order  Completion  Timeliness  and  Reject  Timeliness  respectively.  6  Verizon  states  that  correcting  these 
 errors  would  clarify  the  business  performance  standards  and  harmonize  the  metrics  requiring  facility  verification  for  resale  and  UNE  orders.  7  I  find  Verizon’s  proposal  to  correct  this  typographical  error  to  be 
 reasonable.  Accordingly,  I  grant  Verizon’s  request  to  modify  the  Performance  Standard  section  of  the  OR-  1  and  OR-  2  business  rules  as  proposed. 


 Sincerely, 
 Carol  E.  Mattey  Deputy  Chief,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau 


 1  Application  of  GTE  Corp.,  Transferor,  and  Bell  Atlantic  Corp.,  Transferee,  For  Consent  to  Transfer 
 Control  of  Domestic  and  International  Sections  214  and  310  Authorizations  and  Applications  to  Transfer  Control  of  a  Submarine  Cable  Landing  License,  CC  Docket  98-  184,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  15  FCC  Rcd  14032 


 (2000)  (Bell  Atlantic/  GTE  Merger  Order).  2  Letter  from  Dee  May,  Executive  Director,  Federal  Regulatory,  Verizon,  to  Carol  Mattey,  Deputy  Chief, 
 Common  Carrier  Bureau,  CC  Docket  No.  98-  184  (filed  April  30,  2002)  (Verizon  April  30  Ex  Parte  Letter).  3  See  Bell  Atlantic/  GTE  Merger  Order,  15  FCC  Rcd  14032  at  App.  D,  Attach.  A. 
 4  Verizon  April  30  Ex  Parte  Letter  at  2. 
 5  Id. 
 6  See  Bell  Atlantic/  GTE  Merger  Order,  15  FCC  Rcd  14032  at  App.  D,  Attach.  A. 
 7  Id. 
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