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DA 08-2827
Release Date:  December 31, 2008  
WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU APPROVES COMPLIANCE PLANS
WC Docket Nos. 07-21, 07-204, 07-273
By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau:
On April 24, 2008, the Commission conditionally granted AT&T’s and BellSouth’s (collectively,
AT&T) petitions for forbearance from section 220(a)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended,
and various rules.1 The grant was expressly conditioned on, among other things, Wireline Competition
Bureau (Bureau) approval of a compliance plan to be filed by AT&T “describing in detail how it will
continue to fulfill its statutory and regulatory obligations, including sections 272(e)(3) and 254(k), and the
conditions of [the AT&T Cost Assignment Forbearance Order].”2 On September 6, 2008, the Commission
extended the same relief, subject to the same conditions, to Verizon and Qwest.3 On December 12, 2008,
the Commission granted AT&T, Verizon and Qwest forbearance from the obligation to file Automated
Reporting Management Information System (ARMIS) Reports 43-01, 43-02, and 43-03, subject to the
condition, among others, that the carriers obtain approval of the compliance plans required by the AT&T
Cost Assignment Forbearance Order and Verizon/Qwest Cost Assignment Forbearance Order.4 After
review of the compliance plans filed by AT&T, Verizon and Qwest, and the record of this proceeding, the
Bureau approves the three plans effective immediately. We now find that AT&T, Verizon and Qwest have 
satisfied the condition that they obtain Bureau approval of compliance plans describing in detail how they 
will continue to fulfill their statutory and regulatory obligations.
- FCC -
1 Petition of AT&T Inc. for Forbearance under 47 U.S.C. § 160 from Enforcement of Certain of the Commission’s
Cost Assignment Rules, WC Docket Nos. 07-21, 05-342, Memorandum Opinion and Order, 23 FCC Rcd 7302
(2008) (AT&T Cost Assignment Forbearance Order), pet. for recon. pending, pet. for review pending, NASUCA v.
FCC, Case No. 08-1226 (D.C. Cir. filed June 23, 2008).
2 AT&T Cost Assignment Forbearance Order, 23 FCC Rcd at 7319-20, para. 31.
3 Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Infrastructure and Operating Data Gathering, WC Docket Nos. 08-
190, 07-139, 07-204, 07-273, 07-21, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 23
FCC Rcd 13647 (2008) (Verizon/Qwest Cost Assignment Forbearance Order), pet. for recon. pending, pet. for
review pending, NASUCA v. FCC, Case No. 08-1353 (D.C. Cir. filed Nov. 4, 2008).
4 See Petition of Qwest Corporation for Forbearance from Enforcement of the Commission’s ARMIS and 492A
Reporting Requirements Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 160(c); Petition of Verizon for Forbearance Under 47 U.S.C.
§ 160(c) From Enforcement of Certain of the Commission’s Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements, WC
Docket Nos. 07-204, 07-273, Memorandum Opinion and Order, FCC 08-271 (rel. Dec. 12, 2008) (ARMIS
Financial Reporting Forbearance Order).