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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  12,  2003  David  Fiske  at  (202)  418-  0500 
 FCC  AND  CINGULAR  WIRELESS  ENTER  INTO  CONSENT  DECREE  REGARDING  E911  RULES 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  The  Commission  has  adopted  an  Order  approving  a  consent  decree  resolving  possible  violations  of  the  enhanced  911  (E911)  Phase  II  rules  by  Cingular  Wireless 
 LLC  (Cingular  Wireless).  As  part  of  the  consent  decree,  Cingular  Wireless  has  agreed  to  make  a  voluntary  contribution  in  the  amount  of  $675,000  to  the  U.  S.  Treasury. 


 In  addition  to  the  $675,000  to  the  U.  S.  Treasury,  Cingular  Wireless  has  committed  to  a  timeline  for  deployment  of  its  network-  based  location  technology  within  its  Global  System  for 
 Mobile  Communications  network  (GSM  network)  and  to  make  automatic  payments  to  the  U.  S.  Treasury  should  it  fail  to  meet  the  deployment  benchmarks  set  forth  in  the  consent  decree. 
 Cingular  Wireless  has  also  agreed  to  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. 


 Action  by  the  Commission  on  June  6,  2003,  by  Order  (FCC  03-  129).  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Abernathy,  Copps,  Martin  and  Adelstein. 
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 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  Lisa  Fowlkes  at  (202)  418-  7450  or  Kathy  Harvey  at  (202)  418-  7514. 
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