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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  media  information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov 
 DA  03-  82  Released:  January  13,  2002 
 SBC  NO  LONGER  REQUIRED  TO  REPORT  CALIFORNIA  PERFORMANCE  MEASUREMENTS  RESULTS 
 UNDER  SBC/  AMERITECH  MERGER  CONDITIONS 
 WC  Docket  No.  98-  141 
 In  the  SBC/  Ameritech  Merger  Order,  the  Commission  adopted  a  Carrier-  to-  Carrier  Performance  Plan  (Performance  Plan)  to  facilitate  oversight  of  SBC’s  market-  opening  progress.  1  The  Performance  Plan, 
 among  other  things,  requires  SBC  to  report  monthly  the  results  of  performance  measurements  for  each  of  its  states.  The  performance  measurements  depict  SBC’s  service  to  competitive  local  exchange  carriers  in 
 the  areas  of  operations  support  systems,  provisioning,  maintenance,  interconnection,  local  number  portability,  collocation,  and  billing  timeliness.  Under  the  SBC/  Ameritech  Merger  Order,  SBC’s 
 obligation  to  comply  with  the  Performance  Plan  for  a  particular  state  extends  until  the  earlier  of  (i)  36  months  after  the  date  it  is  first  potentially  obligated  to  make  payments  for  a  state  or  (ii)  the  first  date  the 
 company  is  authorized  to  provide  in-  region,  interLATA  services  in  that  state  pursuant  to  47  U.  S.  C.  §  271(  d)(  3).  2 


 On  December  19,  2002,  the  Commission  approved  SBC’s  application  to  provide  in-  region  interLATA  services  in  California,  effective  December  29,  2002.  3  Accordingly,  SBC’s  final  submission  of  its 
 California  performance  measurements  data  pursuant  to  the  SBC/  Ameritech  Merger  Order  is  for  the  month  of  November  2002. 


 For  questions  regarding  this  Public  Notice,  please  contact  Dennis  Johnson  of  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  at  (202)  418-  0809. 


 1  Applications  of  Ameritech  Corp.,  Transferor,  and  SBC  Communications,  Inc.,  Transferee,  For  Consent  to 
 Transfer  Control  of  Corporations  Holding  Commission  Licenses  and  Lines  Pursuant  to  Sections  214  and  310(  d)  of  the  Communications  Act  and  Parts  5,  22,  24,  25,  63,  90,  95,  and  101  of  the  Commission’s  Rules,  CC  Docket  98- 


 141,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  14  FCC  Rcd  14712,  at  Appendix  C  (1999)  (SBC/  Ameritech  Merger  Order). 
 2  Id.  at  Appendix  C,  para.  24. 


 3  See  Application  by  SBC  Communications,  Inc.,  Pacific  Bell  Telephone  Company,  and  Southwestern  Bell 
 Communications  Services,  Inc.,  for  Authorization  To  Provide  In-  Region,  InterLATA  Services  in  California,  CC  Docket  No.  02-  306,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  FCC  02-  330  (rel.  Dec.  19,  2002). 
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