[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45805-45806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18626]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

[WT Docket No. 05-265; RM-11723; DA 14-997]


Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Seeks Comment on Petition 
Filed by NTCH, Inc. To Rescind Forbearance and Initiate Rulemaking To 
Make Inter-Provider Roaming Rates Available

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This document seeks comment on a petition to rescind the 
Commission's forbearance from the requirements of 47 U.S.C. 211 as they 
apply to Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) providers and to 
initiate a rulemaking to make inter-provider roaming rates available.

DATES: Comments are due on or before August 18, 2014, and reply 
comments are due on or before September 15, 2014.

ADDRESSES: All filings in response to this notice must refer to RM-
11723 and WT Docket No. 05-265. The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 
strongly encourages interested parties to file comments electronically. 
Comments may be submitted electronically by the following methods:
    [ssquf] Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    [ssquf] Federal Communications Commission's Web site: http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the instructions for submitting 
comments.
    [ssquf] By Email: To obtain instructions for filing by email, 
filers should send an email to [email protected], and include the following 
words in the body of the message, ``get form.'' A sample form and 
direction will be sent in response.
    [ssquf] Paper Filers: Parties who choose to file by paper must file 
an original and one copy of each filing. Filings can be sent by hand or 
messenger delivery, by commercial overnight courier, or by first-class 
or overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All filings must be addressed to 
the Commission's Secretary, Attn: WTB/SCPD, Office of the Secretary, 
Federal Communications Commission. All hand-delivered or messenger-
delivered paper filings for the Commission's Secretary must be 
delivered to FCC Headquarters at 445 12th Street SW., Room TW-A325, 
Washington, DC 20554. All hand deliveries must be held together with 
rubber bands or fasteners. All envelopes must be disposed of before 
entering the building. Commercial overnight mail (other than U.S. 
Postal Service Express Mail and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 
East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, MD 20743. U.S. Postal Service 
first-class, Express, and Priority mail must be addressed to 445 12th 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20554.
    [ssquf] In addition, Parties are requested to send one copy of 
their comments and reply comments to Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 
Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, DC 20554, 
(800) 378-3160, email [email protected].
    People with Disabilities: Contact the FCC to request reasonable 
accommodations (accessible format documents, sign language 
interpreters, CART, etc.) by email: [email protected] or phone: 202-418-
0530 or TTY: 202-418-0432.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, 
Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, William Beckwith at (202) 
418-0134 or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of public notice (DA 14-
997) released on July 14, 2014; the complete text of the public notice 
is available for public inspection and copying from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. Eastern Time (ET) Monday through Thursday or from 8:00 a.m. to 
11:30 a.m. ET on Fridays in the FCC Reference Information Center, 445 
12th Street SW., Room CY-A257, Washington, DC 20554. The document may 
be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, Best Copy 
and Printing, Inc. (BCPI), 445 12th Street SW., Room CY-B402, 
Washington, DC 20554, telephone 202-488-5300, fax 202-488-5563, or you

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may contact BCPI at its Web site: http://www.BCPIWEB.com. When ordering 
documents from BCPI, please provide the appropriate FCC document 
number, for example, DA 14-997.
    On July 2, 2014, NTCH, Inc. (Petitioner), filed a petition seeking 
Commission action to rescind the blanket forbearance of the rate 
publication requirement (47 U.S.C. 211) for roaming rates offered by 
CMRS carriers and to amend 47 CFR 20.15(b) by deleting the CMRS 
exemption from filing roaming rates, whether for data roaming or voice 
roaming. Petitioner also asks the Commission to adopt a rule requiring 
CMRS providers and commercial mobile data service providers to make 
their roaming rates publicly and openly available online and to 
prohibit CMRS and commercial mobile data service providers from 
entering into or enforcing agreements that prevent disclosure of 
roaming rates. By the public notice that was released on July 14, 2014 
(DA 14-997), the Bureau seeks comment on the petition.
    This proceeding has been designated as a ``permit-but-disclose'' 
proceeding in accordance with the Commission's ex parte rules. Persons 
making ex parte presentations must file a copy of any written 
presentation or a memorandum summarizing any oral presentation within 
two business days after the presentation (unless a different deadline 
applicable to the Sunshine period applies). Persons making oral ex 
parte presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the 
presentation must (1) list all persons attending or otherwise 
participating in the meeting at which the ex parte presentation was 
made, and (2) summarize all data presented and arguments made during 
the presentation. If the presentation consisted in whole or in part of 
the presentation of data or arguments already reflected in the 
presenter's written comments, memoranda or other filings in the 
proceeding, the presenter may provide citations to such data or 
arguments in his or her prior comments, memoranda, or other filings 
(specifying the relevant page and/or paragraph numbers where such data 
or arguments can be found) in lieu of summarizing them in the 
memorandum. Documents shown or given to Commission staff during ex 
parte meetings are deemed to be written ex parte presentations and must 
be filed consistent with 47 CFR 1.1206(b). In proceedings governed by 
47 CFR 1.49(f) or for which the Commission has made available a method 
of electronic filing, written ex parte presentations and memoranda 
summarizing oral ex parte presentations, and all attachments thereto, 
must be filed through the electronic comment filing system available 
for that proceeding, and must be filed in their native format (e.g., 
.doc, .xml, .ppt, searchable .pdf). Participants in this proceeding 
should familiarize themselves with the Commission's ex parte rules.

Federal Communications Commission.
Nese B. Guendelsberger,
Chief, Spectrum and Competition Policy Division, Wireless 
Telecommunications Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2014-18626 Filed 8-5-14; 8:45 am]
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