*Pages 1--3 from Microsoft Word - 58141.doc* PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th 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 06- 1394 Released: July 5, 2006 PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON PETITION OF AT& T INC. FOR EXPEDITED INTERIM WAIVER OF CERTAIN STRUCTURAL SEPARATION RULES FOR ADVANCED SERVICES WC DOCKET NO. 06- 130 Comments Due: July 12, 2006 Reply Comments Due: July 19, 2006 On June 30, 2006, AT& T Inc. (AT& T) filed a petition requesting an interim, limited waiver of the Commission’s sharing restrictions of information, employees and facilities between AT& T’s advanced services affiliates and AT& T’s incumbent local exchange carrier (incumbent LEC) affiliates. 1 Specifically, AT& T seeks a waiver of the following sections of the SBC/ Ameritech Merger Order conditions as applied in the Commission’s SBC Advanced Services Detariffing Order, 2 to the extent they prevent any AT& T advanced service affiliates from sharing information, employees or facilities with other AT& T affiliates on an exclusive basis: (1) section I. 3, to the extent it incorporates section 272( c)( 1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended; (2) sections I. 4. a through I. 4. e; (3) section I. 4. f, as it relates to interfaces, processes and procedures; and (4) sections I. 4. g through I. 4. k. 3 AT& T also requests that the Commission clarify that, to the extent certain other conditions can be applied on a service- by- service basis, they would not apply to AT& T’s provision of advanced services used in the provision of broadband Internet access service. AT& T further requests that this limited, interim waiver be granted on an expedited basis. 1 AT& T presently maintains six regional advanced services affiliates. These affiliates conduct business as AT& T Advanced Solutions (ASI). 2 See Review of Regulatory Requirements for Incumbent LEC Broadband Telecommunications Services, CC Docket No. 01- 337, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 17 FCC Rcd 27000 (2002) (SBC Advanced Services Detariffing Order). AT& T specifies that its waiver applies to any AT& T affiliates other than the traditional incumbent LECs that provides advanced services, including AT& T Corp. post- 272 sunset. See 47 U. S. C. § 272. AT& T seeks this waiver until the Commission addresses regulatory treatment of advanced services in the Incumbent LEC Broadband NPRM or otherwise grants AT& T full and permanent relief from Title II common carrier regulations of advanced services. See Review of Regulatory Requirements for Incumbent LEC Broadband Telecommunications Services, CC Docket No. 01- 337, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 16 FCC Rcd 22745 (2001). 3 See 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 No. 98- 141, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 14 FCC Rcd 14712, 14859, para. 363 & App. C, Condition I (1999). 1