[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 46447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23188]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CC Docket No. 96-61, FCC 97-269]


Denial of Petitions for Reconsideration of Order Regarding Rate 
Integration

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In this Memorandum Opinion and Order on Reconsideration, the 
Federal Communications Commission (the ``Commission'') denies certain 
petitions for reconsideration because the Commission determines that 
there is no basis for granting the petitions, and dismisses a motion 
for partial stay or request for extension because the motion is moot. 
The intended effect of this action is the denial of petitions for 
reconsideration, and dismissal of a motion for partial stay or request 
for extension.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Bailey, Competitive Pricing 
Division, at (202) 418-1520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Communications Commission (the 
``Commission'') denies petitions for reconsideration of its order 
entitled, Policy and Rules Concerning the Interstate, Interexchange 
Marketplace, Implementation of Section 254(g) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, as amended, Report and Order, 61 FR 42558 (1996), 11 FCC Rcd 
9564 (1996), filed by GTE Service Corporation, U.S. West, Inc., 
American Mobile Satellite Carriers Subsidiary Corp. (AMSC), and IT&E 
Overseas, Inc. insofar as the petitions raise issues concerning 
implementation of the rate integration requirements of section 254(g) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. The Commission defers to 
a later decision issues raised in other petitions for reconsideration 
of the order concerning implementation of the geographic rate averaging 
requirements of section 254(g) of the Act. The Commission's order 
denies petitions for reconsideration filed by GTE Service Corporation 
and US West, Inc. because it determines that Congress intended the 
Commission to require rate integration across affiliates. The 
Commission's order denies the petition for reconsideration filed by 
AMSC because it determines that the service provided by AMSC is covered 
by section 254(g) of the Act. Finally, the Commission denies the 
petition for partial reconsideration filed by IT&E Overseas, Inc. 
because it determines that IT&E Overseas, Inc. has failed to 
demonstrate that forbearance is justified so that it can charge higher 
rates to subscribers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands than in Guam. The Commission also dismisses as moot the Motion 
for Partial Stay or Request for Extension filed by GTE Service 
Corporation (GTE).

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-23188 Filed 9-2-97; 8:45 am]
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