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 Federal  Communications  Commission  DA  04-  3052 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  matter  of 
 Verizon  Telephone  Companies’  Petition  for  Forbearance  From  the  Current  Pricing  Rules  for 
 the  Unbundled  Network  Element  Platform 


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 )  )  WC  Docket  No.  03-  157 


 ORDER 
 Adopted:  September  23,  2004  Released:  September  23,  2004 
 By  the  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division: 
 1.  On  July  1,  2003,  the  Verizon  Telephone  Companies  (Verizon)  filed  a  Petition  for  Expedited  Forbearance  asking  the  Commission  to  forbear  from:  (1)  the  rules  allowing  competitive  local 
 exchange  carriers  (LECs)  that  lease  the  unbundled  network  element  (UNE)  Platform  to  collect  per-  minute  switching  access  charges  from  interexchange  carriers;  and  (2)  applying  the  Total  Element  Long  Run 
 Incremental  Cost  (TELRIC)  pricing  methodology  to  the  UNE-  Platform,  and  to  apply  the  resale  pricing  standard  instead.  1  On  September  17,  2004,  Verizon  filed  a  request  to  withdraw  its  petition  in  light  of 
 events  occurring  since  the  petition  was  filed.  2  Specifically,  Verizon’s  request  to  withdraw  points  to  the  Commission’s  rulemaking  to  establish  alternative  unbundling  rules  and  the  Commission’s  rulemaking 
 regarding  the  TELRIC  pricing  methodology.  3  In  this  Order,  we  grant  Verizon’s  request  to  withdraw  and  dismiss  its  petition  without  prejudice. 


 2.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  the  authority  delegated  under  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91  and  0.291,  that  Verizon’s  request  to  withdraw  the 
 above-  captioned  petition  for  forbearance  IS  GRANTED. 


 1  Verizon  Telephone  Companies’  Petition  for  Forbearance  From  the  Current  Pricing  Rules  for  the  Unbundled 
 Network  Element  Platform,  WC  Docket  No.  03-  157,  Petition  for  Expedited  Forbearance  of  the  Verizon  Telephone  Companies  (filed  July  1,  2003). 


 2  Verizon  Telephone  Companies’  Petition  for  Forbearance  From  the  Current  Pricing  Rules  for  the  Unbundled 
 Network  Element  Platform,  WC  Docket  No.  03-  157,  Letter  from  Donna  Epps,  Vice  President,  Federal  Regulatory  Advocacy,  Verizon,  to  Marlene  H.  Dortch,  Secretary,  Federal  Communications  Commission  (filed  Sept.  17,  2004). 


 3  Id.  at  1.  See  also  Unbundled  Access  to  Network  Elements,  Review  of  the  Section  251  Unbundling  Obligations  of 
 Incumbent  Local  Exchange  Carriers,  WC  Docket  No.  04-  313,  CC  Docket  No.  01-  338,  Order  and  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  at  9,  para.  16,  FCC  04-  179  (rel.  Aug.  20,  2004);  Review  of  the  Commission’s  Rules  Regarding 


 the  Pricing  of  Unbundled  Network  Elements  and  the  Resale  of  Service  by  Incumbent  Local  Exchange  Carriers,  WC  Docket  No.  03-  173,  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking,  18  FCC  Rcd  18945  (2003). 
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 3.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED,  pursuant  to  the  authority  delegated  under  sections  0.91  and  0.291  of  the  Commission’s  rules,  47  C.  F.  R.  §§  0.91  and  0.291,  that  the  above-  captioned  petition  for 
 forbearance  IS  DISMISSED  WITHOUT  PREJUDICE. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 
 Tamara  L.  Preiss  Chief,  Pricing  Policy  Division 
 Wireline  Competition  Bureau 
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