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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:  November  3,  2003  Suzanne  Tetreault  at  (202)  418-  7450 
 FCC  PROPOSES  TO  FINE  AT&  T  CORPORATION  $780,000  FOR  APPARENT  VIOLATIONS  OF  DO-  NOT-  CALL  RULES 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  Today,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  proposed  to  assess  a  forfeiture  of  $780,000  against  AT&  T  Corporation  for  apparent  violations  of  the  Commission’s 
 Do-  Not-  Call  telemarketing  rules.  This  is  the  Commission’s  first  major  Do-  Not-  Call  enforcement  action. 


 The  Commission  found  that  AT&  T  apparently  made  telephone  solicitation  calls  to  29  consumers  on  78  separate  occasions  after  those  consumers  had  requested  that  AT&  T  not  call 
 them  again.  The  Commission  therefore  concluded  that  AT&  T  had  apparently  violated  the  FCC’s  company-  specific  Do-  Not-  Call  rule,  section  64.1200(  e)  of  the  Commission’s  rules.  The 
 Commission  staff  had  initiated  an  investigation  of  AT&  T’s  telemarketing  practices  after  a  regular  review  of  consumer  complaint  data  revealed  over  300  complaints  in  the  previous  several 
 months  alleging  Do-  Not-  Call  violations  by  AT&  T.  The  Commission  proposed  a  forfeiture  of  $10,000  for  each  of  the  78  apparent  violations. 


 Action  by  the  Commission  on  October  30,  2003,  by  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability  for  Forfeiture  (FCC  03-  267).  Chairman  Powell,  Commissioners  Abernathy,  Copps,  Martin,  and  Adelstein. 


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 Enforcement  Bureau  Contacts:  Suzanne  Tetreault  at  (202)  418-  7450  or  Kurt  Schroeder  at  (202)  418-  0966 


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