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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:  June  18,  2002  John  Winston  at  (202)  418-  7450 
 FCC  AND  AT&  T  WIRELESS  ENTER  INTO  $100,000  CONSENT  DECREE  REGARDING  E911  RULES 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  The  Commission  has  adopted  an  Order  approving  a  consent  decree  terminating  an  investigation  into  possible  violations  of  the  enhanced  911  (E911)  Phase  II  rules 
 by  AT&  T  Wireless  Services,  Inc.  (AT&  T  Wireless).  As  part  of  the  consent  decree,  AT&  T  Wireless  has  agreed  to  make  a  voluntary  contribution  to  the  U.  S.  Treasury  in  the  amount  of 
 $100,000. 
 In  addition  to  the  $100,000  voluntary  contribution,  AT&  T  Wireless  has  committed  to  a  timeline  for  deployment  of  its  network-  based  location  technology  within  its  Time  Division 
 Multiple  Access  (TDMA)  network.  Further,  should  it  fail  to  meet  the  deployment  benchmarks  set  forth  in  the  consent  decree,  AT&  T  will  make  automatic  payments  to  the  U.  S.  Treasury.  It 
 will  also  submit  Quarterly  Reports  to  the  Commission  on  its  progress  and  compliance  with  the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  consent  decree  and  the  E911  Phase  II  rules. 


 On  April  4,  2001,  AT&  T  Wireless  filed  a  request  for  waiver  of  the  E911  Phase  II  rules  in  which  it  proposed  to  use  a  switch-  based  location  technology  for  its  TDMA  network.  On 
 September  17,  2001,  AT&  T  Wireless  substantially  amended  its  waiver  request,  proposing  instead  to  deploy  a  network-  based  solution  for  its  TDMA  network.  Because  the  timing  of  AT&  T 
 Wireless’s  amended  proposal  for  its  TDMA  network  did  not  permit  Commission  consideration  prior  to  the  October  1,  2001  deadline  to  begin  deployment  of  network-  based  technologies,  the 
 Commission  referred  the  matter  to  the  Enforcement  Bureau  for  possible  enforcement  action. 
 Action  by  the  Commission  on  June  12,  2002  by  Order  (FCC  02-  174).  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Abernathy,  Copps  and  Martin. 


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 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  John  Winston  at  (202)  418-  7450  or  Kathy  Berthot  at  (202)  418-  7454. 
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