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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA  03-  214 
 January  28,  2003 
 Verizon’s  Request  For  Permission  to  Withdraw  Its  Petition  Is  Granted 
 CCB/  CPD  No.  99-  21 


 On  April  19,  2002,  Verizon  Communications  Corporation  (Verizon)  filed  a  Request  for  Permission  to  Withdraw  its  May  24,  1999  petition  to  initiate  switched  access  facilities 
 management  services.  1  Verizon  states  that  since  it  filed  its  petition  the  Commission  adopted  its  order  in  the  access  charge  reform  proceeding  that,  among  other  things,  established  a  framework 
 for  pricing  flexibility  for  switched  transport  services,  and  instituted  rules  that  allowed  the  price  cap  carriers  to  introduce  new  switched  access  rate  elements  without  the  need  for  a  petition.  2 
 Verizon  states  that,  in  light  of  these  developments,  it  has  decided  to  withdraw  its  petition.  The  Pricing  Policy  Division  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  has  reviewed  and  hereby  approves 
 Verizon’s  request  to  withdraw  its  petition.  Accordingly,  the  proceeding  designated  as  CCB/  CPD  No.  99-  21  is  closed. 


 Action  by  the  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau. 
 For  further  information,  contact  Lenworth  Smith,  Pricing  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  1530. 


 1  The  Petition  was  filed  by  Bell  Atlantic,  which  merged  to  form  Verizon.  The  Verizon  telephone  companies  are 
 the  affiliated  local  telephone  companies  of  Verizon  Communications  Corporation. 
 2  See  Access  Charge  Reform,  CC  Docket  No.  96-  262,  Fifth  Report  and  Order  and  Further  Notice  of  Proposed 
 Rulemaking,  14  FCC  Rcd  14221  (1999). 
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