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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 
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 March  30,  2004 


 WIRELINE  COMPETITION  BUREAU  EXTENDS  COMMENT  DEADLINES  FOR  SBC’S  “IP  PLATFORM  SERVICES”  FORBEARANCE  PETITION 


 WC  DOCKET  NO.  04-  29 
 Revised  Comment  Deadline:  May  28,  2004  Revised  Reply  Comment  Deadline:  June  28,  2004 


 On  February  5,  2004,  SBC  Communications  Inc.  (SBC)  filed  a  petition  for  forbearance  from  application  of  Title  II  common  carrier  regulation  to  “IP  Platform  Services”  1  (SBC  Forbearance 
 Petition).  2  On  February  12,  2004,  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  issued  a  Public  Notice  establishing  a  comment  cycle  for  this  proceeding.  On  March  10,  2004,  the  Commission  released  a  separate  Notice  of 
 Proposed  Rulemaking  (IP-  Enabled  Services  NPRM)  seeking  comment  on  issues  relating  to  services  and  applications  making  use  of  the  Internet  Protocol  (IP).  3  A  summary  of  that  NPRM  was  published  in  the 
 Federal  Register  on  March  29,  2004,  triggering  the  cycle  for  comments  and  reply  comments  (69  FR  16193,  March  29,  2004). 


 In  light  of  the  substantial  overlap  between  the  issues  presented  in  the  SBC  Forbearance  Petition  and  the  IP-  Enabled  Services  NPRM,  and  the  likelihood  that  parties  will  raise  similar  or  identical 
 arguments  in  the  two  proceedings,  we  hereby  amend  the  previously  established  comment  cycle  in  this  docket  to  match  the  cycle  established  for  the  IP-  Enabled  Services  proceeding.  Thus,  comments  relating 
 to  the  SBC  Forbearance  Petition  must  be  submitted  on  or  before  May  28,  2004,  and  reply  comments  on  or  before  June  28,  2004. 


 For  further  information  regarding  this  proceeding  contact  Russell  Hanser, 
 1  SBC  defined  “IP  Platform  Services”  to  include  networks  relying  on  IP,  the  capabilities  and  functionalities  of 
 those  networks,  and  services  and  applications  utilizing  those  networks  to  facilitate  communications. 
 2  We  note  that  SBC  raised  similar  issues  in  a  petition  for  declaratory  ruling  that  was  filed  on  the  same  day.  See 


 Petition  of  SBC  Communications  Inc.  for  a  Declaratory  Ruling  (filed  Feb.  5,  2004).  We  referenced  this  petition  in  the  IP-  Enabled  Services  NPRM  and  expect  to  resolve  it  in  that  proceeding.  Thus,  we  encourage  interested 


 parties  to  file  any  comments  relating  to  the  declaratory  ruling  petition  in  that  docket  (WC  Docket  No.  04-  36).  See  IP-  Enabled  Services,  WC  Docket  No.  04-  36,  Notice  of  Proposed  Rulemaking  (rel.  Mar.  10,  2004). 


 3  See  id. 
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 russell.  hanser@  fcc.  gov,  Competition  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  (202)  418-  0832. 
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