*Pages 1--1 from Microsoft Word - 26811* Federal Communications Commission DA 03- 1168 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D. C. 20554 In the Matter of Application by SBC Communications Inc., Michigan Bell Telephone Company, and Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc. for Authorization To Provide In- Region, InterLATA Services in Michigan ) ) ) ) ) ) ) WC Docket No. 03- 16 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Adopted: April 16, 2003 Released: April 16, 2003 By the Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. On January 16, 2003, SBC Communications Inc., Michigan Bell Telephone Company, and Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc. (collectively, Michigan Bell) filed an application for authorization to provide in- region, interLATA service in the State of Michigan, pursuant to section 271 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), 47 U. S. C. § 271. On April 16, 2003, Michigan Bell filed an ex parte letter in this docket withdrawing its application. 1 As such, we hereby terminate this docket. Michigan Bell further stated that, when it re- files its application for Michigan, it will provide “additional information, as well as updated information necessary to demonstrate [Michigan Bell’s] continued compliance with the requirements of section 271.” 2. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated under sections 0.91 and 0.291 of Commission’s rules, 47 C. F. R. §§ 0.91 and 0.291, that the proceeding in WC Docket No. 03- 16 IS TERMINATED. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Jeffrey J. Carlisle Senior Deputy Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau 1 Letter from James C. Smith, Senior Vice President, SBC Telecommunications, Inc., to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, WC Docket No. 03- 16 (filed Apr. 16, 2003). 1