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 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION  FCC  01-  187 
 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 
 In  the  Matter  of  )  File  No.  EB  01-  IH-  0035 
 )  TRS  Company  Code:  819100 
 PTT  Telekom,  Inc.  )  NAL/  Acct.  No.  200132080025 


 FORFEITURE  ORDER 
 Adopted:  June  13,  2001  Released:  June  15,  2001 
 By  the  Commission: 
 1.  In  this  Forfeiture  Order,  we  find  that  PTT  Telekom,  Inc.  (“  PTT”)  has  violated  47  U.  S.  C. 
 §  254(  d)  and  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.706  by  willfully  and  repeatedly  failing  to  make  required  contributions 
 to  universal  service  support  programs.  We  conclude  that  PTT  is  liable  for  a  forfeiture  in  the  amount 
 of  one  hundred  thirty-  seven  thousand  dollars  ($  137,000),  the  amount  proposed  in  the  Notice  of 
 Apparent  Liability  (“  NAL”)  in  this  matter.  1 


 2.  On  March  29,  2001,  the  Commission  issued  the  NAL  to  PTT.  We  issued  the  NAL 
 because  it  appeared  that  PTT  has  never  submitted  its  required  universal  service  contributions  and 
 owes  more  than  $925,000  to  universal  service  funds.  Pursuant  to  paragraph  15  of  the  NAL,  we 
 sent  the  NAL  by  certified  mail  to  PTT  and  to  its  registered  agent.  Although  the  return  receipts 
 reflect  that  the  registered  agent  received  the  NAL  on  April  2,  2001,  and  that  PTT  received  the 
 NAL  on  April  9,  2001,  we  have  not  received  a  response  or  payment  of  the  proposed  forfeiture. 
 Having  received  nothing  that  would  undermine  the  factual  findings  described  in  the  NAL,  we 
 conclude  that  the  violations  as  described  occurred  and  that  the  proposed  forfeiture  should  issue. 


 3.  Accordingly,  IT  IS  ORDERED  THAT,  pursuant  to  47  U.  S.  C.  §  503(  b)  and  47  C.  F.  R. 
 §  1.  80(  f)(  4),  PTT  Telekom,  Inc.  is  LIABLE  FOR  A  FORFEITURE  in  the  amount  of  one  hundred 
 thirty-  seven  thousand  dollars  ($  137,000)  for  willfully  and  repeatedly  violating  47  U.  S.  C.  §  254(  d) 
 and  47  C.  F.  R.  §  54.  706. 


 4.  Payment  of  the  forfeiture  shall  be  made  in  the  manner  provided  for  in  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.  80 
 within  thirty  days  of  the  release  of  this  Forfeiture  Order.  If  the  forfeiture  is  not  paid  within  the 
 period  specified,  the  case  may  be  referred  to  the  Department  of  Justice  for  collection  pursuant  to 
 47  U.  S.  C.  §  504(  a).  PTT  Telekom,  Inc.  may  pay  the  forfeiture  by  mailing  a  check  or  money 
 order,  payable  to  the  order  of  the  Federal  Communications  Commission,  to  the  Forfeiture 
 Collection  Section,  Finance  Branch,  Federal  Communications  Commission,  P.  O.  Box  73482, 
 Chicago,  Illinois  60673-  7482.  The  payment  should  note  the  NAL/  Acct.  No.  referenced  above.  A 
 request  for  payment  of  the  full  amount  of  this  Forfeiture  Order  under  an  installment  plan  should 
 be  sent  to:  Chief,  Revenue  and  Receivables  Operations  Group,  445  12th  Street,  S.  W., 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554.  2 


 1  PTT  Telekom,  Inc.,  Notice  of  Apparent  Liability,  FCC  01-  106  (March  29,  2001). 
 2  See  47  C.  F.  R.  §  1.1914. 
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 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  THAT  a  copy  of  this  Forfeiture  Order  shall  be  sent  by 
 Certified  Mail  Return  Receipt  Requested  to  Ron  Kiser,  PTT  Telekom,  Inc.,  1000  N.  Orlando 
 Avenue,  Winter  Park,  Florida  327894,  and  to  National  Registered  Agents,  Inc.,  1090  Vermont 
 Avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C.  20005. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Magalie  Roman  Salas 
 Secretary 
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