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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:  September  28,  2006  Mark  Wigfield,  202-  418-  0253 
 Email:  mark.  wigfield@  fcc.  gov 


 FCC  DENIES  FONES4ALL  PETITION  TO  EXPAND  NETWORK  UNBUNDLING  OBLIGATION  THROUGH  FORBEARANCE 
 Washington,  D.  C.  –  In  an  Order  adopted  today,  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  (FCC)  denied  a  petition  filed  by  Fones4All  Corporation  (Fones4All)  requesting  that 
 the  Commission  expand  incumbent  local  exchange  carriers’  (LECs)  unbundling  obligations  by  forbearing  from  specific  aspects  of  the  FCC’s  unbundling  rules  under  section  251(  d)(  2)  of  the 
 Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended  (the  Act). 
 The  FCC  concluded  that  forbearance  from  rule  51.319(  d)  would  not  give  Fones4All  the  relief  it  seeks,  and  therefore  denied  the  Petition  as  procedurally  defective.  The  FCC  also 
 concluded  that  the  Petition  did  not  meet  the  three  prongs  of  the  section  10  forbearance  test. 
 Action  by  the  Commission,  September  28,  2006,  by  Memorandum  Opinion  and  Order.  Chairman  Martin  and  Commissioner  Tate,  with  Commissioners  Copps  and  Adelstein  concurring, 
 and  Commissioner  McDowell  not  participating.  Commissioners  Copps  and  Adelstein  issuing  separate  statements. 


 Wireline  Competition  Bureau  Staff  Contact:  Jeremy  Miller  202-  418-  1580,  jeremy.  miller@  fcc.  gov 
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 News  about  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  can  also  be  found 
 on  the  Commission’s  web  site  www.  fcc.  gov. 
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