Federal Communications Commission DA 07-1365
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of
Paging Coalition Request for Declaratory Ruling 
that Termination by Verizon of Type 3A 
Interconnection Service Would Be Unjust and 
Unreasonable, in Violation of Section 201 of the 
Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 201, and 
Otherwise Unlawful
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CC Docket No. 01-346
ORDER
Adopted:  March 21, 2007 Released:  March 21, 2007
By the Associate Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
1. On December 3, 2001, a number of paging carriers collectively called the “Paging 
Coalition” filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling1 requesting that the Commission find termination of 
Type3A interconnection service provided by Verizon to the Paging Coalition companies to be unlawful 
under the Communications Act and Commission rules.2 Comments on the Paging Coalition Petition were 
filed on January 18, 2002 and reply comments were filed on February 4, 2002.3  On March 19, 2007, the 
Paging Coalition submitted a request to dismiss the petition.4 We grant the Paging Coalition’s request to 
dismiss the petition. 
  
1 See Paging Coalition Request for Declaratory Ruling that Termination by Verizon of Type 3A Interconnection 
Service Would Be Unjust and Unreasonable, in Violation of Section 201 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. 
§ 201, and Otherwise Unlawful, CC Docket No. 01-346 (filed Dec. 3, 2001) (Paging Coalition Petition); Paging 
Coalition Supplement to Petition for Declaratory Ruling, CC Docket No. 01-346, at 1 (filed Jan. 14, 2002); Paging 
Coalition Third Supplement to Petition for Declaratory Ruling, CC Docket No. 01-346, at 1 (filed June 20, 2002); 
Paging Coalition Fourth Supplement to Petition for Declaratory Ruling, CC Docket No. 01-346, at 1 (filed Jan. 12, 
2004).  The Paging Coalition members are Central Vermont Communications, Inc.; DataPage, Inc.; NEP, LLC d/b/a 
Northeast Paging; Karl A. Rinker d/b/a Rinker’s Communications; A.V. Lauttamus Communications, Inc.; Mobile 
Communication Service, Inc.; Ram Technologies, Inc.; Schuylkill Mobile Fone, Inc.; Telepage Communication 
Systems, Inc.; T&T Communications, Inc. d/b/a West Virginia Paging; and the American Association of Paging 
Carriers.  See id. at 1.  
2 See Paging Coalition Petition at 1.  The petition describes Type 3A interconnection as an “interconnection 
arrangement provided to wireless carriers by Verizon and other Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers . . . enabling 
parties to place a page to any customer of a wireless carrier by dialing a single local (seven digit) telephone number 
anywhere in the wireless carrier’s extended service area within a [local access transport area (LATA)].” Id. at 2.  
The Type 3A arrangement is also called “Wide Area Calling Plan,” “LATA-Wide Paging,” “Extended Local Calling 
Area,” “Type 2A,” and “Reverse Billing.”  Id. at 2.
3 See Paging Coalition Files Petition for Declaratory Ruling Regarding Verizon’s Proposed Termination of Type 3A 
Interconnection Service, CC Docket No. 01-346, Public Notice, 16 FCC Rcd 22458 (Common Carr. Bur. 2001).
4 See Letter from Kenneth E. Hardman, Attorney for Petitioners, to Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary, Federal 
Communications Commission, CC Docket No. 01-346, at 1 (filed Mar. 19, 2007).
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2. ACCORDINGLY, IT IS ORDERED that, pursuant to the authority in sections 1-4, 201, 
251 and 332, of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151-154, 201, 251, 332, and the authority 
delegated under sections 0.91, 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, the request to 
dismiss the Paging Coalition’s Petition for Declaratory Ruling IS GRANTED.
3. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to the authority in sections 1-4, 201, 251 and 
332 of the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151-154, 201, 251, 332, and the authority delegated under 
sections 0.91, 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, the Paging Coalition’s Petition 
for Declaratory Ruling IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
4. IS IF FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to the authority delegated under sections 
0.91, 0.291 and 1.102 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.91, 0.291, 1.102, this Order SHALL BE 
EFFECTIVE upon release.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Donald K. Stockdale
Associate Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau