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 NEWS  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).  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT:  February  25,  2002  John  Winston  (202)  418-  7450 
 FCC  IMPOSES  $84,000  FINE  AGAINST  SBC  COMMUNICATIONS  INC. 
 Washington,  D.  C.  --  Today  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  released  an  Order  on  Review  (Order)  holding  SBC  Communications  Inc.  (SBC)  liable  for  a  fine  of  $84,000 
 for  24  violations  of  the  Commission's  collocation  rules.  The  Order  affirms  an  Order  of  Forfeiture  issued  by  the  Enforcement  Bureau  on  May  24,  2001  (DA01-  1273). 


 The  rule  at  issue  requires  incumbent  local  exchange  carriers  (ILECs)  to  post  within  10  days,  on  their  publicly  available  Internet  site,  notices  of  ILEC-  owned  premises  that  have 
 run  out  of  collocation  space.  An  independent  audit  of  SBC's  compliance  with  the  Commission's  collocation  posting  rules  uncovered  violations  and  the  Enforcement 
 Bureau's  subsequent  investigation  revealed  additional  violations.  In  today’s  action,  the  Commission  rejected  several  defenses  that  SBC  asserted  in  its  Application  for  Review 
 of  the  Order  of  Forfeiture  but  removed  from  the  forfeiture  three  additional  violations  due  to  possible  statute  of  limitation  issues,  which  reduced  the  amount  from  $94,500. 


 Action  by  the  Commission,  February  21,  2002,  Order  on  Review  (FCC  02-  61).  Chairman  Powell;  Commissioners  Abernathy,  Copps  and  Martin 


 Enforcement  Bureau  contacts:  John  R.  Winston  at  (202)  418-  7450,  and  Hillary  S.  De  Nigro  at  (202)  418-  7334. 
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