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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 
 Released:  October  16,  2006  DA  06-  2036 
 SECTION  272  SUNSETS  FOR  AT&  T  IN  THE  STATES  OF  ILLINOIS,  INDIANA,  OHIO  AND  WISCONSIN  BY  OPERATION  OF  LAW  ON 
 OCTOBER  15,  2006,  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  272(  f)(  1) 
 WC  Docket  No.  02-  112 


 The  provisions  of  section  272  (other  than  section  272(  e))  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the  Act),  applicable  to  Bell  Operating  Company  (BOC)  provision  of  in-  region,  interLATA 
 telecommunications  services  sunset  for  the  operations  of  AT&  T  Inc.  in  the  states  of  Illinois,  Indiana,  Ohio  and  Wisconsin  by  operation  of  law  as  provided  in  section  272(  f)(  1),  effective  October  15,  2006.  1 


 Section  272  of  the  Act  requires  BOCs  to  provide  in-  region,  interLATA  telecommunications  services  through  separate  corporate  affiliates,  subject  to  certain  safeguards.  47  U.  S.  C.  §  272(  a)(  2).  Section  272(  f)(  1) 
 provides  that  the  provisions  in  section  272  (other  than  section  272(  e))  expire  three  years  after  a  BOC  or  BOC  affiliate  is  authorized  under  section  271  to  provide  in-  region,  interLATA  services,  unless  the  Commission 
 extends  such  3-  year  period  by  rule  or  order.  47  U.  S.  C.  §  272(  f)(  1). 
 The  Commission  granted  AT&  T  section  271  authorizations  for  the  provision  of  in-  region,  interLATA  services  in  the  states  of  Illinois,  Indiana,  Ohio  and  Wisconsin  in  an  order  released  on  October  15, 
 2003.  2  Pursuant  to  section  272(  f)(  1),  the  provisions  of  section  272  (other  than  section  272(  e))  sunset  by  operation  of  law  for  AT&  T  in  the  states  of  Illinois,  Indiana,  Ohio  and  Wisconsin  effective  October  15,  2006.  3 


 For  further  information,  please  contact  Cecilia  Seppings,  Competition  Policy  Division,  Wireline  Competition  Bureau,  at  (202)  418-  1588. 
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 1  On  November  17,  2005,  the  Commission  approved  a  merger  between  SBC  Communications  Inc.  and  AT&  T  Corp., 
 whereby  AT&  T  became  a  wholly-  owned  subsidiary  of  SBC,  which  was  renamed  AT&  T  Inc.  See  SBC  Communications  Inc.  and  AT&  T  Corp.  Applications  for  Approval  of  Transfer  of  Control,  WC  Docket  No.  05-  65,  Memorandum  Opinion 


 and  Order,  20  FCC  Rcd  18290  (2005). 
 2  See  Joint  Application  by  SBC  Communications  Inc.,  Illinois  Bell  Telephone  Company,  Indiana  Bell  Telephone 
 Company  Incorporated,  the  Ohio  Bell  Telephone  Company,  Wisconsin  Bell,  Inc.,  and  Southwestern  Bell  Communications  Services,  Inc.  for  Authorization  To  Provide  In-  Region,  InterLATA  Services  in  Illinois,  Indiana,  Ohio, 


 and  Wisconsin,  WC  Docket  No.  03-  167,  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  18  FCC  Rcd  21543  (2003). 
 3  See  Section  272(  f)(  1)  Sunset  of  the  BOC  Separate  Affiliate  and  Related  Requirements,  WC  Docket  No.  02-  112, 
 Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order,  17  FCC  Rcd  26869  (2002)  (finding  that  section  272(  f)(  1)  is  best  interpreted  as  providing  for  a  state-  by-  state  sunset). 
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