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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:  May  28,  2002  John  Winston  (202)  418-  7450 
 jwinston@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC,  SBC  COMMUNICATIONS,  INC.  AGREE  TO  CONSENT  DECREE  –  SBC  TO  MAKE  $3.6  MILLION  PAYMENT  TO  UNITED  STATES  TREASURY 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (“  FCC”)  entered  into  a  Consent  Decree  with  SBC  Communications,  Inc.  (“  SBC”)  pursuant  to  which  SBC  has  agreed  to 
 make  a  $3.6  million  payment  to  the  United  States  Treasury.  This  Consent  Decree  resolves  two  FCC  investigations  concerning  inaccurate  information  SBC  submitted  to  the  FCC  in  affidavits 
 supporting  two  separate  section  271  applications  to  provide  long  distance  service  in  Missouri,  Oklahoma  and  Kansas.  In  addition  to  the  $3.6  million  payment,  SBC  has  agreed  to  implement 
 specific  procedures  designed  to  ensure  the  accuracy  of  information  contained  in  future  section  271  affidavits  it  submits  to  the  FCC.  Further,  SBC  has  committed  to  taking  additional  steps  to 
 ensure  that  all  of  its  employees  who  engage  in  contacts  with  the  FCC  are  properly  educated  and  thus  made  aware  of  their  obligations  to  provide  truthful,  accurate,  and  complete  information  to 
 the  Commission. 
 Action  by  the  Commission  May  22,  2002,  by  Order  (FCC  02-  153).  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Abernathy,  Copps  and  Martin 


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 Enforcement  Bureau  Contact:  John  R.  Winston  202-  418-  7450,  Trent  B.  Harkrader  202-  418-  1420  TTY:  1-(  888)  835-  5322 
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