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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  06-  2015  October  11,  2006 
 APPLICATION  FOR  CONSENT  TO  TRANSFER  OF  CONTROL  FILED  BY  AT&  T  INC.  and  BELLSOUTH  CORPORATION 
 NUMBERING  RESOURCE  UTILIZATION  AND  FORECAST  (NRUF)  REPORT  DATA  PLACED  INTO  THE  RECORD,  SUBJECT  TO  PROTECTIVE  ORDER 


 WC  Docket  No.  06-  74  CC  Docket  No.  99-  200 
 AT&  T  Inc.  (“  AT&  T”)  and  BellSouth  Corporation  (“  BellSouth”)  (collectively,  “the  Applicants”)  have  filed  a  series  of  applications  pursuant  to  sections  214  and  310(  d)  of  the  Communications  Act  of 
 1934,  as  amended  1  and  section  2  of  the  Cable  Landing  License  Act.  2  In  these  applications,  the  Applicants  seek  Commission  approval  of  the  transfer  of  control  to  AT&  T  of  licenses  and  authorizations  held  directly 
 and  indirectly  by  BellSouth.  In  connection  with  the  Commission’s  review  of  the  applications,  the  Commission  intends  to  utilize  some  of  the  information  contained  in  the  Numbering  Resource  Utilization 
 and  Forecast  (“  NRUF”)  reports  filed  by  wireless  telecommunications  carriers.  3  These  data  may  assist  the  Commission  in  assessing  the  competitive  effects  of  the  transaction.  Accordingly,  subject  to  the 
 provisions  of  the  First  Protective  Order  adopted  in  this  proceeding,  4  the  Commission  is  placing  into  the  record  in  this  proceeding  data  drawn  from  NRUF  reports  for  all  wireless  telecommunications  carriers  with 
 data  as  of  December  31,  2005. 
 Section  251  of  the  Communications  Act  grants  the  Commission  jurisdiction  over  the  North  American  Numbering  Plan  (“  NANP”)  and  related  telephone  numbering  issues.  In  order  to  better  monitor 
 the  way  numbering  resources  are  used  within  the  NANP  and  efficiently  allocate  NANP  resources,  the  Commission  requires  telecommunications  carriers  to  provide  the  Commission  with  a  utilization  report  of 


 1  47  U.  S.  C.  §§  214,  310(  d). 
 2  Id.  §  35;  see  generally  An  Act  Relating  to  the  Landing  and  Operation  of  Submarine  Cables  in  the  United  States,  47 
 U.  S.  C.  §§  34-  39  (Cable  Landing  License  Act). 
 3  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.907. 


 4  AT&  T  Inc.  and  BellSouth  Corporation  Applications  for  Approval  of  Transfer  Of  Control,  WC  Docket  No.  06-  74, 
 Order,  DA  06-  1032  (rel.  May  12,  2006)  (First  Protective  Order). 
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