[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 32766-32767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16296]



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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Chapter I

[DA 96-1007]


Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of 1996 
Telecommunications Act

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; establishing comment date.

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SUMMARY: This document establishes an additional Comment opportunity in 
CC Docket 96-98 [61 FR 18311, April 25, 1996] in order to allow parties 
to that proceeding to comment on a staff-prepared working copy of an 
industry demand and supply simulation model. The model, using publicly-
available, industry-wide information, allows users to simulate the 
relative impact of particular changes in the industry.

DATES: Comments are due on or before July 1, 1996. (No reply comments 
allowed).

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W., 
20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Lande at (202) 418-0498 or Doron 
Fertig at (202) 418-1869.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Supplemental Comment Period Designated for Local Competition 
Proceeding, CC Docket 96-98

[DA 96-1007; IAD 96-175]

Released June 20, 1996.

    1. On June 17, 1996, the FCC's Industry Analysis Division, Common 
Carrier Bureau, and the Competition Division, Office of General 
Counsel, released a staff model of the telecommunications industry 
which allows model users to calculate a variety of outputs from nearly 
200 specifications (News Release, ``FCC Staff Releases Working Copy of 
an Industry Demand & Supply Simulation Model,'' released June 17, 
1996.) The model allows the user to specify growth rates, pricing 
trends, demand elasticities and cost relationships to simulate effects 
in traditional industry segments. The

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model, using publicly-available, industry-wide information, allows the 
user to simulate the relative impact of particular changes in the 
industry.
    2. A copy of the model has been placed in the public file in CC 
Docket No. 96-98, Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions in 
the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Parties who wish to use the model, 
create variations of the model, or file models of their own, in that 
proceeding are requested to file Comments no later than Monday, July 1, 
1996. There will be no Reply Comment filing opportunity. Commenters 
should file an original and four copies with the Office of the 
Secretary, two copies with Ms. Wanda Harris, Room 518, Competitive 
Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau, one copy with the Chief, 
Industry Analysis Division, Common Carrier Bureau, and one copy with 
the Chief, Competition Division, Office of the General Counsel. 
Comments are limited to fifty (50) pages, inclusive of attachments.
    3. Copies of the model may be purchased by calling International 
Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS) at (202) 857-3800. The model also 
can be downloaded from the Common Carrier Bureau's home page on the 
World Wide Web. The home page can be accessed directly (http://
www.fcc.gov/ccb.html) or through a direct link from the main FCC home 
page (http://www.fcc.gov). The model also can be downloaded from the 
FCC-State Link computer bulletin board at (202) 418-0241 [BBS file 
name: MODELV30.ZIP].
    4. For further information about the model, contact Jim Lande at 
(202) 418-0498 (e-mail: [email protected]) or Doron Fertig at (202) 418-
1869 (e-mail: [email protected]).

Federal Communications Commission
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-16296 Filed 6-24-96; 8:45 am]
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