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 Federal  Communications  Commission  FCC  02-  237 
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 Before  the  Federal  Communications  Commission 
 Washington,  D.  C.  20554 


 In  the  Matter  of 
 BellSouth  Telecommunications,  Inc.  Tariff  FCC  No.  1 
 Transmittal  No.  623 
 Qwest  Corporation  Tariff  FCC  No.  1 
 Transmittal  No.  120 
 Sprint  Local  Telephone  Companies  Tariff  FCC  No.  3 
 Transmittal  No.  192 


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 WCB/  Pricing  No.  02-  08 
 WCB/  Pricing  No.  02-  08 
 WCB/  Pricing  No.  02-  10 


 ORDER  Adopted:  August  15,  2002  Released:  August  16,  2002 
 By  the  Commission: 
 1.  On  April  1,  2002,  the  Wireline  Competition  Bureau  (the  Bureau)  released  an  order  that  suspended  for  five  months  and  set  for  investigation  BellSouth  Telecommunications, 
 Inc.  (BellSouth)  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  623  and  Qwest  Corporation  (Qwest)  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  120.  1  Similarly,  on  April  18,  2002,  the  Bureau  released  an  order 
 that  suspended  for  five  months  and  set  for  investigation  Sprint  Local  Telephone  Companies  (Sprint)  Tariff  FCC  No.  3,  Transmittal  No.  192.  2  These  transmittals  sought  to  establish  rate 
 increases,  over  a  two-  year  period,  to  recover  extraordinary  costs  associated  with  the  implementation  of  thousands-  block  number  pooling. 


 1  BellSouth  Tariff  FCC  No.  1  Transmittal  No.  623,  Qwest  Tariff  FCC  no.  1  Transmittal  No.  120,  WCB/  Pricing 
 No.  02-  08,  Order,  DA  02-  747  (released  April  1,  2002)  (BellSouth/  Qwest  Suspension  Order). 
 2  Sprint  Local  Telephone  Companies  Tariff  FCC  No.  3  Transmittal  No.  192,  WCB/  Pricing  No.  02-  10,  DA  02-  898 
 (released  April  18,  2002)  (Sprint  Suspension  Order). 
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 2.  BellSouth  withdrew  its  Transmittal  No.  623  on  May  21,  2002.  3  Sprint  withdrew  its  Transmittal  No.  192  on  May  15,  2002.  4  These  withdrawals  rendered  moot  the  investigations 
 of  the  Sprint  and  the  BellSouth  tariffs.  Accordingly,  we  terminate  the  investigations  of  those  tariffs. 


 3.  On  May  23,  2002,  the  Bureau  released  an  Order  Designating  Issues  for  Investigation  (Designation  Order)  addressing  the  Qwest  transmittal.  5  Qwest  filed  its  direct  case 
 on  June  10,  2002.  6  On  July  3,  2002,  Qwest  withdrew  its  Transmittal  No.  120.  7  Qwest’s  withdrawal  of  its  transmittal  rendered  moot  the  investigation.  Therefore,  we  also  terminate  the 
 investigation  of  Qwest’s  transmittal. 
 4.  ACCORDINGLY,  IT  IS  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  section  204  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  204,  the  investigation  of  BellSouth 


 Telecommunications,  Inc.  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  623,  and  Qwest  Corporation  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  120,  imposed  in  WCB/  Pricing  File  No.  02-  08,  IS  TERMINATED. 


 5.  IT  IS  FURTHER  ORDERED  that,  pursuant  to  section  204  of  the  Communications  Act  of  1934,  as  amended,  47  U.  S.  C.  §  204,  the  investigation  of  Sprint  Local 
 Telephone  Companies  Tariff  FCC  No.  3,  Transmittal  No.  192  imposed  in  WCB/  Pricing  File  No.  02-  10,  IS  TERMINATED. 


 FEDERAL  COMMUNICATIONS  COMMISSION 


 Marlene  H.  Dortch  Secretary 


 3  BellSouth  Transmittal  No.  638,  filed  May  21,  2002. 
 4  Sprint  Transmittal  No.  193,  filed  May  15,  2002. 
 5  Qwest  Tariff  FCC  No.  1,  Transmittal  No.  120,  Order  Designating  Issues  for  Investigation,  WCB  Docket  No.  02- 
 117,  DA  02-  1245  (released  May  23,  2002). 
 6  Qwest  Direct  Case,  filed  June  10,  2002. 


 7  Qwest  Transmittal  No.  132,  filed  July  3,  2002. 
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