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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  TTY  202  /  418-  2555  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE:  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT: 
 October  23,  2000  Michael  Balmoris  202-  418-  0253 
 Email:  mbalmori@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  RELEASES  CARRIER  LOCATOR  REPORT 
 Washington  D.  C.  –  Today,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC) 
 released  its  annual  Carrier  Locator:  Interstate  Service  Providers  report.  The  report, 
 which  lists  4,822  companies  report  that  provide  interstate  telecommunications  services, 
 provides  an  address  and  telephone  number  for  each  company  and  identifies  whether  the 
 company  reported  revenue  for  local,  wireless,  payphone,  operator  and  card,  or  other  toll 
 services.  The  report  can  be  used  by  customers  and  other  carriers  to  identify  and  locate 
 sources  of  telecommunications  service,  by  equipment  vendors  to  identify  potential 
 customers,  and  by  anyone  seeking  to  locate  a  specific  carrier. 


 This  report  was  compiled  from  FCC  Form  499-  A  Telecommunications  Reporting 
 Worksheets,  which  are  filed  by  virtually  all  telecommunications  service  providers.  The 
 filed  worksheets  are  treated  as  proprietary  and  therefore  are  not  available  to  the  public. 


 The  report  is  available  for  reference  in  the  FCC's  Reference  Information  Center, 
 Courtyard  Level,  445  12th  Street,  SW,  Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  Copies  may  be  purchased 
 by  calling  International  Transcription  Services,  Inc.  (ITS)  at  (202)  857-  3800.  The  report, 
 including  the  spreadsheets  containing  the  report's  statistical  tables  and  the  figures,  can  be 
 downloaded  [file  name:  LOCAT00.  PDF  or  LOCAT00.  ZIP]  from  the  FCC-  State  Link 
 internet  site  at  (http://  www.  fcc.  gov/  ccb/  stats). 


 -  FCC  -For 
 additional  information,  contact  Katie  Rangos  or  Jim  Lande  of  the  Common 
 Carrier  Bureau's  Industry  Analysis  Division,  (202)  418-  0940,  or  for  users  of  TTY 
 equipment,  call  (202)  418-  0484. 


 News  about  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  can  also  be  found 
 on  the  Commission’s  web  site  www.  fcc.  gov. 
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