FCC Web Documents citing 64.703

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  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Establishes conditions for direct connection to the network of registered terminal equipment to
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  • File No. EB-00-TC-043 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170012 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by AT&T Corp. (``AT&T'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as AT&T to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • File No. EB-00-TC-044 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170013 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by WorldCom, Inc. (``WorldCom'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as WorldCom to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • Bureau (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the ``FCC'' or the ``Commission'') and WorldCom, Inc. (``WorldCom'' or the ``Company''), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the ``Investigation'') conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau initiated an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
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  • No. EB-00-TC-045 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170014 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by USLD Communications, Inc. (``USLD'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as USLD to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • consumers. Need: This rule protects consumers by ensuring that they have access to useful information about the rates charged by operator service providers, and that they are able to reach the operator service provider of their choice. Legal Basis: Sec. 1, 4, 218-220, 226, 48 Stat. 1070, as amended; 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154, 218-220, 226. Section Number and Title: 64.703 Consumer information. 64.707 Public dissemination of information by providers of operating services. 64.708 Definitions. SUBPART L -- RESTRICTIONS ON TELEPHONE SOLICITATION Brief Description: This rule imposes restrictions on telephone solicitation. Need: This rule adopts measures to implement requirements designed to protect telephone subscribers from unsolicited telephone calls without unnecessarily restricting legitimate telephone marketing and sales. Legal Basis: Sec. 1, 4,
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  • interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Service and Related Consumer Premises Equipment for Persons with Disabilities); Subpart G (Furnishing of Enhanced Services and Customer Premises Equipment by Bell Operating Companies; Telephone Operator Services (sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710)); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Establishes conditions for direct connection to the network of registered terminal equipment to
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  • ORDER Adopted: August 21, 2003 Released: August 22, 2003 By the Chief, Telecommunications Consumers Division, Enforcement Bureau: 1. On September 23, 2002, the Commission released a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'') against One Call Communications, Inc., d/b/a Opticom regarding apparent non-compliance with Sections 226(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 226(b) (``the Act'') and Sections 64.703 et seq. of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 64.703(a), (a)(3)(i), (a)(4). On October 23, 2003, One Call Internet, Inc. (``OCI'') formerly known as One Call Communications, Inc. filed a Response and Motion to Dismiss the Notice of Apparent Liability. On October 30, 2003, OCMC, Inc. (d/b/a ``One Call Communications, Inc.'' hereinafter ``OCMC'') also filed a response to the NAL. 2.
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  • telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function to ensure that these services and functions are accessible to persons with disabilities. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Establishes conditions for direct connection to the network of registered terminal equipment to
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  • EQUIPMENT BY COMMUNICATIONS COMMON CARRIERS; TELEPHONE OPERATOR SERVICES Brief Description: This rule requires that each payphone clearly indicate the local coin rate within the informational placard on each payphone. Need: This rule ensures that consumers have the information in every instance about the price of the calls they make from payphones. Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 276. Section Number and Title: 64.703(b)(3) Consumer information. SUBPART M -- PROVISION OF PAYPHONE SERVICE Brief Description: This subpart implements section 276 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, concerning the provision of payphone service. These rules ensure that payphone providers are fairly compensated for each and every completed payphone originated call, establish a default per-call rate, and give payphone providers the right to negotiate
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  • Telecommunications Act of 1996 - CC Docket No. 96-98 02/28/10 3060-0711 Secs. 1.5001, 1.5002, 1.5003, 1.5004, 1.5005, 1.5006 and 1.5007 10/31/09 3060-0713 Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program (ABIP) Compliance Notification 07/31/08 3060-0715 Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) and Other Customer Information - CC Docket No. 96-115 05/31/08 3060-0716 Secs. 73.88, 73.718, 73.685 and 73.1630 11/30/09 3060-0717 Secs. 64.703(a), 64.709, and 64.710 06/30/08 3060-0718 Part 101, Governing the Terrestrial Microwave Fixed Radio Service 06/30/09 3060-0719 Quarterly Report of IntraLATA Carriers Listing Payphone Automatic Number Identifications (ANIs) 01/31/10 3060-0723 Public Disclosure of Network Information by Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) 10/31/09 3060-0725 Quarterly Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on Quality of Service, Installation, and Maintenance) by Bell Operating Companies (BOC's) 08/31/09 3060-0727
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  • telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function to ensure that these services and functions are accessible to persons with disabilities. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers); Subpart BB (Restrictions on Unwanted Mobile Service Commercial Messages); Subpart CC (Customer Account Record Exchange Requirements). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the
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  • 1.5002, 1.5003, 1.5004, 1.5005, 1.5006 and 1.5007, Implementation of Section 34(a)(1) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 10/31/09 3060-0713 Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program (ABIP) Compliance Notification 04/30/11 3060-0715 Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) and Other Customer Information - CC Docket No. 96-115 07/31/11 3060-0716 Secs. 73.88, 73.718, 73.685 and 73.1630 11/30/09 3060-0717 Secs. 64.703(a), 64.709, and 64.710 06/30/11 3060-0718 Part 101, Governing the Terrestrial Microwave Fixed Radio Service 06/30/09 3060-0719 Quarterly Report of IntraLATA Carriers Listing Payphone Automatic Number Identifications (ANIs) 01/31/10 3060-0723 Public Disclosure of Network Information by Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) 10/31/09 3060-0725 Quarterly Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on Quality of Service, Installation, and Maintenance) by Bell Operating Companies (BOC's) 08/31/09 3060-0727
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  • locations such as hotels, hospitals, and educational institutions. The rules were designed to ensure that consumers receive sufficient information about the rates they will pay for operator services at public phones and other aggregator locations, thereby fostering a more competitive operator service provider marketplace. Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 160, 201-205, 215, 218, 226, 254. Section Number and Title: 64.703(a)(4) Consumer information. Brief Description: These rules exempt Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) aggregators (entities that make telephones available to the public or to transient users of the entity's premises for interstate calls using a provider of CMRS operator services) and providers of CMRS operator services from the general rules (a) prohibiting aggregators from blocking consumers from calling 800 and 950
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  • of section 34(a)(1) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 10/31/12 3060-0713 Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program (ABIP) Compliance Notification 04/30/11 3060-0715 Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) and Other Customer Information - CC Docket No. 96-115 07/31/11 3060-0716 Secs. 73.88, 73.718, 73.685 and 73.1630 05/31/12 3060-0717 Secs. 64.703(a), 64.709, and 64.710 06/30/11 3060-0718 Part 101, Governing the Terrestrial Microwave Fixed Radio Service 05/31/12 3060-0719 Quarterly Report of IntraLATA Carriers Listing Payphone Automatic Number Identifications (ANIs) 03/31/13 3060-0723 47 U.S.C. Section 276, Public Disclosure of Network Information by Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) 10/31/12 3060-0725 Quarterly Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on Quality of Service, Installation, and Maintenance) by Bell Operating
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  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Establishes conditions for direct connection to the network of registered terminal equipment to
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  • the availability of rate information. We agree with AT&T that, under such circumstances, the phones qualify as ``store-and-forward'' payphones for purposes of the operator service rate disclosure rules. J. Other Changes to Text of the Rules 22. Because a new Commission bureau, the Consumer Information Bureau, is now the appropriate recipient of consumer complaints about OSPs, we are amending section 64.703(b)(4) to require the new bureau's name and address to be posted on payphones in future postings. We are mindful of the need to avoid any unnecessary burdens on current payphone operators, and we therefore will not require them to correct their existing postings until they must replace those postings for other reasons. We will also ensure that consumer complaints sent
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  • investigation into Opticom's practices to determine whether Opticom was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. DISCUSSION Legal Requirements Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call. This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to request
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  • investigation into ASC's practices to determine whether ASC was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. DISCUSSION Legal Requirements Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the Commission's rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call. This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to
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  • investigation into ASC's practices to determine whether ASC was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. DISCUSSION Legal Requirements Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the Commission's rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call. This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to
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  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Establishes conditions for direct connection to the network of registered terminal equipment to
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  • but see TDI/CAN/NAD Comments at 7 (cost to carriers of matching the lowest prepaid card rate should be minimal and the financial effect on carriers would be small compared to the effect for TRS users vis-à-vis non-TRS users which would be significant). See, e.g., California PUC Comments at 4-5; Industry Team Reply Comments at 2-4. . See 47 C.F.R. § 64.703. See, e.g., TDI/CAN/NAD Comments at 7. See Coin Sent-Paid Second Further Notice, 16 FCC Rcd at 5817. . . Industry Team Comments at 8. Id. . TDI/CAN/NAD does, however, support the use of calling cards, collect or third-party billing for toll TRS calls from payphones. TDI/CAN/NAD Comments at 5. See also Industry Team Reply Comments at 4. . See Coin
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  • and Notice), recon. denied, FCC 99-250 (rel. Sept. 27, 1999). Although the PCIA Forbearance Order and the Notice are in the same document, we refer to the PCIA Forbearance Order and the Notice as if they were separate documents. See PCIA Forbearance Order and Notice, 13 FCC Rcd at 16894, ¶ 75. 47 U.S.C. §§ 160, 332(c)(1)(A). 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.703 - 64.709. On September 8, 2000, in the First Report and Order in this proceeding (First Report and Order), the Commission addressed the various proposals set forth in the comments to the Notice and in the PCIA Letters, other than those dealing with TOCSIA. Forbearance from Applying Provisions of the Communications Act to Wireless Telecommunications Carriers, WT Docket No. 98-100,
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  • and OCMC, Inc., (``OCMC'') d/b/a One Call Communications, Inc. d/b/a Opticom, by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations by the Commission: one (the ``OSP Investigation'') regarding possible non-compliance with the operator service provider (``OSP'') requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(C)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(3)(i) and (a)(4) of the Commission's rules; and the other regarding related matters raised in two letters of letters of inquiry issued to OCMC (the ``LOI Investigation''). Both investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act. On September 23, 2002, the Commission, following an investigation, issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL''). The NAL found that
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  • and OCMC, Inc., (``OCMC'') d/b/a One Call Communications, Inc. d/b/a Opticom, by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations by the Commission: one (the ``OSP Investigation'') regarding possible non-compliance with the operator service provider (``OSP'') requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(C)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(3)(i) and (a)(4) of the Commission's rules; and the other regarding related matters raised in two letters of letters of inquiry issued to OCMC (the ``LOI Investigation''). Both investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act. On September 23, 2002, the Commission, following an investigation, issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL''). The NAL found that
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  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Establishes conditions for direct connection to the network of registered terminal equipment to
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  • d/b/a Alternatel (``ASC''), by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations and a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'') (together, the ``Investigations'') by the Commission regarding non-compliance with the operator service provider (``OSP'') requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), (b)(1)(C)(i), and Section 201(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3)(i) of the Commission's rules. The Investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act. 2. ASC provides operator services that can be accessed through aggregator telephones across the United States. Aggregator phones include phones in hotel and motel rooms, as well as payphones located in airports, train stations, shopping malls, gas stations, and other
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  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers); Subpart BB (Restrictions on Unwanted Mobile Service Commercial Messages); Subpart CC (Customer Account Record Exchange Requirements). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the
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  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation and Facsimile Advertising); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers); Subpart BB (Restrictions on Unwanted Mobile Service Commercial Messages); Subpart CC (Customer Account Record Exchange Requirements). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal
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  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation and Facsimile Advertising); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers); Subpart BB (Restrictions on Unwanted Mobile Service Commercial Messages); Subpart CC (Customer Account Record Exchange Requirements). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal
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  • quote exact rates prior to the call, this likely would require significant capital outlays and take several years lead time to accomplish. In our 1991 order implementing TOCSIA, we stated that, "with regard to automated technology only, the provision of rate and other information via the use of a separate toll-free number is a reasonable method of compliance with [Section 64.703(a) of our rules]." We cautioned, however, that "as technology is developed that eliminated the necessity for a separate number, the use of that number should also be eliminated." OSPs have had more than six years to adapt to, and come into full compliance with, our rules that implemented TOCSIA in 1991. Under such rules, OSPs currently must provide oral rate
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  • the 1980s we imposed equal access obligations on LECs, including presubscription and dial-around requirements, in order to ensure consumer choice of interexchange service providers.68 Congress subsequently extended the principle of equal access to operator services, requiring that every aggregator of operator services allow consumers to Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-141 69 47 U.S.C. § 226(c)(1)(B),(C); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.703(b), 64.705(b). We have since forborne from enforcing these requirements against aggregators of CMRS operator services. See PCIA Forbearance Order, ¶¶ 76-80. 70 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.800-76.806. 71 47 C.F.R. § 25.104. 72 47 U.S.C. § 251(c)(2)-(4); see also 47 U.S.C. § 251(b) (imposing resale, number portability, dialing parity, access to rights-of-way, and reciprocal compensation obligations on all LECs). 73 See
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  • practices to determine whether Opticom was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. III. DISCUSSION III.A. Legal Requirements 4. Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call.10 This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to request
• http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2002/FCC-02-259A1.html
  • practices to determine whether ASC was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. III. DISCUSSION III.A. Legal Requirements 4. Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the Commission's rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call.7 This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to
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  • AND ORDER Adopted: August 21, 2003 Released: August 22, 2003 By the Chief, Telecommunications Consumers Division, Enforcement Bureau: 1. On September 23, 2002, the Commission released a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'') against One Call Communications, Inc., d/b/a Opticom regarding apparent non-compliance with Sections 226(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 226(b) (``the Act'') and Sections 64.703 et seq. of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 64.703(a), (a)(3)(i), (a)(4).1 On October 23, 2003, One Call Internet, Inc. (``OCI'') formerly known as One Call Communications, Inc. filed a Response and Motion to Dismiss the Notice of Apparent Liability.2 On October 30, 2003, OCMC, Inc. (d/b/a ``One Call Communications, Inc.'' hereinafter ``OCMC'') also filed a response to the NAL. 2.
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  • and OCMC, Inc., (OCMC) d/b/a One Call Communications, Inc. d/b/a Opticom, by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations by the Commission: one (the OSP Investigation) regarding possible non-compliance with the operator service provider (OSP) requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(C)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(3)(i) and (a)(4) of the Commissions rules;4 and the other regarding related matters raised in two letters of letters of inquiry issued to OCMC (the LOI Investigation). Both investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act.5 2. On September 23, 2002, the Commission, following an investigation, issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL).6 The NAL found
• http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2004/FCC-04-56A1.html
  • d/b/a Alternatel (``ASC''),4 by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations and a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'')5 (together, the ``Investigations'') by the Commission regarding non-compliance with the operator service provider (``OSP'') requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), (b)(1)(C)(i), and Section 201(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3)(i) of the Commission's rules.6 The Investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act.7 2. ASC provides operator services that can be accessed through aggregator telephones across the United States.8 Aggregator phones include phones in hotel and motel rooms, as well as payphones located in airports, train stations, shopping malls, gas stations, and other
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  • File No. EB-00-TC-043 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170012 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by AT&T Corp. (``AT&T'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as AT&T to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • Bureau (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC" or the "Commission") and AT&T Corp. (``AT&T'' or the "Company"), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the "Investigation") conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau began an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
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  • File No. EB-00-TC-044 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170013 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by WorldCom, Inc. (``WorldCom'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as WorldCom to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
• http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/da002457cd.doc http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/da002457cd.html http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/da002457cd.txt
  • Bureau (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the ``FCC'' or the ``Commission'') and WorldCom, Inc. (``WorldCom'' or the ``Company''), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the ``Investigation'') conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau initiated an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
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  • No. EB-00-TC-045 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170014 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by USLD Communications, Inc. (``USLD'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as USLD to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC" or the "Commission") and USLD Communications, Inc. (``USLD'' or the "Company"), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the "Investigation") conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau began an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Notices/1999/fcc99141.pdf
  • the 1980s we imposed equal access obligations on LECs, including presubscription and dial-around requirements, in order to ensure consumer choice of interexchange service providers.68 Congress subsequently extended the principle of equal access to operator services, requiring that every aggregator of operator services allow consumers to Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-141 69 47 U.S.C. § 226(c)(1)(B),(C); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.703(b), 64.705(b). We have since forborne from enforcing these requirements against aggregators of CMRS operator services. See PCIA Forbearance Order, ¶¶ 76-80. 70 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.800-76.806. 71 47 C.F.R. § 25.104. 72 47 U.S.C. § 251(c)(2)-(4); see also 47 U.S.C. § 251(b) (imposing resale, number portability, dialing parity, access to rights-of-way, and reciprocal compensation obligations on all LECs). 73 See
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1998/fcc98134.pdf
  • § 64.708(b). 188 47 U.S.C. § 226(a)(9); 47 C.F.R. § 64.708(i). 189 47 U.S.C. § 226(a)(7); 47 C.F.R. § 64.708(g). An access code is a sequence of numbers that, when dialed, connect the caller to the provider of operator services associated with that sequence. 47 U.S.C. § 226(a)(1); 47 C.F.R. § 708(a). 190 47 U.S.C. § 226(c)(1)(A)(i); 47 C.F.R. § 64.703(b)(1). A "presubscribed OSP" is the OSP to which the consumer is connected when the consumer places a call using a public telephone without dialing an access code. See 47 U.S.C. § 226(a)(8); 47 C.F.R. § 64.708(h). In the landline context, aggregators contract with an OSP and often receive a commission from the OSP for the arrangement. 191 47 U.S.C. §
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  • Winstar Communications, Inc. (Winstar) Personal Communications Industry Association's Broadband Personal Communications Services Alliance's Petition for Forbearance For Broadband Personal Communications Services, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 13 FCC Rcd 16857 (1998) (PCIA Forbearance Order and NPRM), recon. denied, FCC 99-250 (rel. Sept. 27, 1999). 47 U.S.C. §§ 160, 332(c)(1)(A). 47 U.S.C. § 226. 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.703-64.709. Letter from Mary McDermott, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff for Government Relations, PCIA, to Daniel B. Phythyon, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, dated July 31, 1998 (July 31, 1998 PCIA Letter). Letter from Brent Weingardt, Vice President for Government Relations, PCIA, to Diane Cornell, Associate Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, dated May 18, 1999 (May 18, 1999 PCIA Letter). We
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  • practices to determine whether Opticom was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. III. DISCUSSION III.A. Legal Requirements 4. Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call.10 This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to request
• http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2002/FCC-02-259A1.html
  • practices to determine whether ASC was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. III. DISCUSSION III.A. Legal Requirements 4. Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the Commission's rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call.7 This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to
• http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2003/DA-03-2719A1.html
  • AND ORDER Adopted: August 21, 2003 Released: August 22, 2003 By the Chief, Telecommunications Consumers Division, Enforcement Bureau: 1. On September 23, 2002, the Commission released a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'') against One Call Communications, Inc., d/b/a Opticom regarding apparent non-compliance with Sections 226(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 226(b) (``the Act'') and Sections 64.703 et seq. of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 64.703(a), (a)(3)(i), (a)(4).1 On October 23, 2003, One Call Internet, Inc. (``OCI'') formerly known as One Call Communications, Inc. filed a Response and Motion to Dismiss the Notice of Apparent Liability.2 On October 30, 2003, OCMC, Inc. (d/b/a ``One Call Communications, Inc.'' hereinafter ``OCMC'') also filed a response to the NAL. 2.
• http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2003/FCC-03-317A1.html
  • and OCMC, Inc., (OCMC) d/b/a One Call Communications, Inc. d/b/a Opticom, by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations by the Commission: one (the OSP Investigation) regarding possible non-compliance with the operator service provider (OSP) requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(C)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(3)(i) and (a)(4) of the Commissions rules;4 and the other regarding related matters raised in two letters of letters of inquiry issued to OCMC (the LOI Investigation). Both investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act.5 2. On September 23, 2002, the Commission, following an investigation, issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL).6 The NAL found
• http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2004/FCC-04-56A1.html
  • d/b/a Alternatel (``ASC''),4 by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations and a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'')5 (together, the ``Investigations'') by the Commission regarding non-compliance with the operator service provider (``OSP'') requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), (b)(1)(C)(i), and Section 201(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3)(i) of the Commission's rules.6 The Investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act.7 2. ASC provides operator services that can be accessed through aggregator telephones across the United States.8 Aggregator phones include phones in hotel and motel rooms, as well as payphones located in airports, train stations, shopping malls, gas stations, and other
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  • File No. EB-00-TC-043 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170012 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by AT&T Corp. (``AT&T'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as AT&T to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
• http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/da002456cd.doc http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/da002456cd.html http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/da002456cd.txt
  • Bureau (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC" or the "Commission") and AT&T Corp. (``AT&T'' or the "Company"), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the "Investigation") conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau began an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
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  • File No. EB-00-TC-044 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170013 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by WorldCom, Inc. (``WorldCom'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as WorldCom to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • Bureau (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the ``FCC'' or the ``Commission'') and WorldCom, Inc. (``WorldCom'' or the ``Company''), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the ``Investigation'') conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau initiated an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
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  • No. EB-00-TC-045 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170014 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by USLD Communications, Inc. (``USLD'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as USLD to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC" or the "Commission") and USLD Communications, Inc. (``USLD'' or the "Company"), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the "Investigation") conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau began an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
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  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Establishes conditions for direct connection to the network of registered terminal equipment to
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  • File No. EB-00-TC-043 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170012 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by AT&T Corp. (``AT&T'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as AT&T to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • File No. EB-00-TC-044 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170013 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by WorldCom, Inc. (``WorldCom'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as WorldCom to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • Bureau (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the ``FCC'' or the ``Commission'') and WorldCom, Inc. (``WorldCom'' or the ``Company''), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the ``Investigation'') conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau initiated an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
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  • No. EB-00-TC-045 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170014 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by USLD Communications, Inc. (``USLD'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as USLD to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • consumers. Need: This rule protects consumers by ensuring that they have access to useful information about the rates charged by operator service providers, and that they are able to reach the operator service provider of their choice. Legal Basis: Sec. 1, 4, 218-220, 226, 48 Stat. 1070, as amended; 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154, 218-220, 226. Section Number and Title: 64.703 Consumer information. 64.707 Public dissemination of information by providers of operating services. 64.708 Definitions. SUBPART L -- RESTRICTIONS ON TELEPHONE SOLICITATION Brief Description: This rule imposes restrictions on telephone solicitation. Need: This rule adopts measures to implement requirements designed to protect telephone subscribers from unsolicited telephone calls without unnecessarily restricting legitimate telephone marketing and sales. Legal Basis: Sec. 1, 4,
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  • interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Service and Related Consumer Premises Equipment for Persons with Disabilities); Subpart G (Furnishing of Enhanced Services and Customer Premises Equipment by Bell Operating Companies; Telephone Operator Services (sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710)); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Establishes conditions for direct connection to the network of registered terminal equipment to
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  • ORDER Adopted: August 21, 2003 Released: August 22, 2003 By the Chief, Telecommunications Consumers Division, Enforcement Bureau: 1. On September 23, 2002, the Commission released a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'') against One Call Communications, Inc., d/b/a Opticom regarding apparent non-compliance with Sections 226(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. § 226(b) (``the Act'') and Sections 64.703 et seq. of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 64.703(a), (a)(3)(i), (a)(4). On October 23, 2003, One Call Internet, Inc. (``OCI'') formerly known as One Call Communications, Inc. filed a Response and Motion to Dismiss the Notice of Apparent Liability. On October 30, 2003, OCMC, Inc. (d/b/a ``One Call Communications, Inc.'' hereinafter ``OCMC'') also filed a response to the NAL. 2.
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  • telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function to ensure that these services and functions are accessible to persons with disabilities. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Establishes conditions for direct connection to the network of registered terminal equipment to
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  • EQUIPMENT BY COMMUNICATIONS COMMON CARRIERS; TELEPHONE OPERATOR SERVICES Brief Description: This rule requires that each payphone clearly indicate the local coin rate within the informational placard on each payphone. Need: This rule ensures that consumers have the information in every instance about the price of the calls they make from payphones. Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 276. Section Number and Title: 64.703(b)(3) Consumer information. SUBPART M -- PROVISION OF PAYPHONE SERVICE Brief Description: This subpart implements section 276 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, concerning the provision of payphone service. These rules ensure that payphone providers are fairly compensated for each and every completed payphone originated call, establish a default per-call rate, and give payphone providers the right to negotiate
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  • Telecommunications Act of 1996 - CC Docket No. 96-98 02/28/10 3060-0711 Secs. 1.5001, 1.5002, 1.5003, 1.5004, 1.5005, 1.5006 and 1.5007 10/31/09 3060-0713 Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program (ABIP) Compliance Notification 07/31/08 3060-0715 Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) and Other Customer Information - CC Docket No. 96-115 05/31/08 3060-0716 Secs. 73.88, 73.718, 73.685 and 73.1630 11/30/09 3060-0717 Secs. 64.703(a), 64.709, and 64.710 06/30/08 3060-0718 Part 101, Governing the Terrestrial Microwave Fixed Radio Service 06/30/09 3060-0719 Quarterly Report of IntraLATA Carriers Listing Payphone Automatic Number Identifications (ANIs) 01/31/10 3060-0723 Public Disclosure of Network Information by Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) 10/31/09 3060-0725 Quarterly Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on Quality of Service, Installation, and Maintenance) by Bell Operating Companies (BOC's) 08/31/09 3060-0727
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  • telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function to ensure that these services and functions are accessible to persons with disabilities. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers); Subpart BB (Restrictions on Unwanted Mobile Service Commercial Messages); Subpart CC (Customer Account Record Exchange Requirements). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the
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  • 1.5002, 1.5003, 1.5004, 1.5005, 1.5006 and 1.5007, Implementation of Section 34(a)(1) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 10/31/09 3060-0713 Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program (ABIP) Compliance Notification 04/30/11 3060-0715 Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) and Other Customer Information - CC Docket No. 96-115 07/31/11 3060-0716 Secs. 73.88, 73.718, 73.685 and 73.1630 11/30/09 3060-0717 Secs. 64.703(a), 64.709, and 64.710 06/30/11 3060-0718 Part 101, Governing the Terrestrial Microwave Fixed Radio Service 06/30/09 3060-0719 Quarterly Report of IntraLATA Carriers Listing Payphone Automatic Number Identifications (ANIs) 01/31/10 3060-0723 Public Disclosure of Network Information by Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) 10/31/09 3060-0725 Quarterly Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on Quality of Service, Installation, and Maintenance) by Bell Operating Companies (BOC's) 08/31/09 3060-0727
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  • locations such as hotels, hospitals, and educational institutions. The rules were designed to ensure that consumers receive sufficient information about the rates they will pay for operator services at public phones and other aggregator locations, thereby fostering a more competitive operator service provider marketplace. Legal Basis: 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 160, 201-205, 215, 218, 226, 254. Section Number and Title: 64.703(a)(4) Consumer information. Brief Description: These rules exempt Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) aggregators (entities that make telephones available to the public or to transient users of the entity's premises for interstate calls using a provider of CMRS operator services) and providers of CMRS operator services from the general rules (a) prohibiting aggregators from blocking consumers from calling 800 and 950
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  • of section 34(a)(1) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 10/31/12 3060-0713 Alternative Broadcast Inspection Program (ABIP) Compliance Notification 04/30/11 3060-0715 Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information (CPNI) and Other Customer Information - CC Docket No. 96-115 07/31/11 3060-0716 Secs. 73.88, 73.718, 73.685 and 73.1630 05/31/12 3060-0717 Secs. 64.703(a), 64.709, and 64.710 06/30/11 3060-0718 Part 101, Governing the Terrestrial Microwave Fixed Radio Service 05/31/12 3060-0719 Quarterly Report of IntraLATA Carriers Listing Payphone Automatic Number Identifications (ANIs) 03/31/13 3060-0723 47 U.S.C. Section 276, Public Disclosure of Network Information by Bell Operating Companies (BOCs) 10/31/12 3060-0725 Quarterly Filing of Nondiscrimination Reports (on Quality of Service, Installation, and Maintenance) by Bell Operating
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  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Establishes conditions for direct connection to the network of registered terminal equipment to
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  • the availability of rate information. We agree with AT&T that, under such circumstances, the phones qualify as ``store-and-forward'' payphones for purposes of the operator service rate disclosure rules. J. Other Changes to Text of the Rules 22. Because a new Commission bureau, the Consumer Information Bureau, is now the appropriate recipient of consumer complaints about OSPs, we are amending section 64.703(b)(4) to require the new bureau's name and address to be posted on payphones in future postings. We are mindful of the need to avoid any unnecessary burdens on current payphone operators, and we therefore will not require them to correct their existing postings until they must replace those postings for other reasons. We will also ensure that consumer complaints sent
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  • investigation into Opticom's practices to determine whether Opticom was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. DISCUSSION Legal Requirements Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call. This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to request
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  • investigation into ASC's practices to determine whether ASC was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. DISCUSSION Legal Requirements Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the Commission's rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call. This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to
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  • investigation into ASC's practices to determine whether ASC was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. DISCUSSION Legal Requirements Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the Commission's rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call. This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to
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  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Establishes conditions for direct connection to the network of registered terminal equipment to
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  • but see TDI/CAN/NAD Comments at 7 (cost to carriers of matching the lowest prepaid card rate should be minimal and the financial effect on carriers would be small compared to the effect for TRS users vis-à-vis non-TRS users which would be significant). See, e.g., California PUC Comments at 4-5; Industry Team Reply Comments at 2-4. . See 47 C.F.R. § 64.703. See, e.g., TDI/CAN/NAD Comments at 7. See Coin Sent-Paid Second Further Notice, 16 FCC Rcd at 5817. . . Industry Team Comments at 8. Id. . TDI/CAN/NAD does, however, support the use of calling cards, collect or third-party billing for toll TRS calls from payphones. TDI/CAN/NAD Comments at 5. See also Industry Team Reply Comments at 4. . See Coin
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  • and Notice), recon. denied, FCC 99-250 (rel. Sept. 27, 1999). Although the PCIA Forbearance Order and the Notice are in the same document, we refer to the PCIA Forbearance Order and the Notice as if they were separate documents. See PCIA Forbearance Order and Notice, 13 FCC Rcd at 16894, ¶ 75. 47 U.S.C. §§ 160, 332(c)(1)(A). 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.703 - 64.709. On September 8, 2000, in the First Report and Order in this proceeding (First Report and Order), the Commission addressed the various proposals set forth in the comments to the Notice and in the PCIA Letters, other than those dealing with TOCSIA. Forbearance from Applying Provisions of the Communications Act to Wireless Telecommunications Carriers, WT Docket No. 98-100,
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  • and OCMC, Inc., (``OCMC'') d/b/a One Call Communications, Inc. d/b/a Opticom, by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations by the Commission: one (the ``OSP Investigation'') regarding possible non-compliance with the operator service provider (``OSP'') requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(C)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(3)(i) and (a)(4) of the Commission's rules; and the other regarding related matters raised in two letters of letters of inquiry issued to OCMC (the ``LOI Investigation''). Both investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act. On September 23, 2002, the Commission, following an investigation, issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL''). The NAL found that
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  • and OCMC, Inc., (``OCMC'') d/b/a One Call Communications, Inc. d/b/a Opticom, by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations by the Commission: one (the ``OSP Investigation'') regarding possible non-compliance with the operator service provider (``OSP'') requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(C)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(3)(i) and (a)(4) of the Commission's rules; and the other regarding related matters raised in two letters of letters of inquiry issued to OCMC (the ``LOI Investigation''). Both investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act. On September 23, 2002, the Commission, following an investigation, issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL''). The NAL found that
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  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network - Establishes conditions for direct connection to the network of registered terminal equipment to
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  • d/b/a Alternatel (``ASC''), by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations and a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'') (together, the ``Investigations'') by the Commission regarding non-compliance with the operator service provider (``OSP'') requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), (b)(1)(C)(i), and Section 201(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3)(i) of the Commission's rules. The Investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act. 2. ASC provides operator services that can be accessed through aggregator telephones across the United States. Aggregator phones include phones in hotel and motel rooms, as well as payphones located in airports, train stations, shopping malls, gas stations, and other
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-115A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-115A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-06-115A1.txt
  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers); Subpart BB (Restrictions on Unwanted Mobile Service Commercial Messages); Subpart CC (Customer Account Record Exchange Requirements). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal Equipment to the
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  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation and Facsimile Advertising); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers); Subpart BB (Restrictions on Unwanted Mobile Service Commercial Messages); Subpart CC (Customer Account Record Exchange Requirements). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal
• http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-204A1.doc http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-204A1.pdf http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-204A1.txt
  • of providers of voicemail and interactive menu services as well as manufacturers of telecommunications equipment which performs a voicemail or interactive menu function. Part 64 - Miscellaneous Rules Relating to Common Carriers - Addresses a broad range of common carrier issues. Specifically: Subpart B (Indecent Telephone Message Services); Subpart F (Telecommunications Relay Services); Subpart G (Telephone Operator Services - sections 64.703-705, 64.707-710); Subpart K (Changing Long Distance Service); Subpart L (Restrictions on Telephone Solicitation and Facsimile Advertising); Subpart O (Interstate Pay-Per-Call and Other Information Services); Subpart P (Calling Party Telephone Number; Privacy); Subpart Y (Truth-in-Billing Requirements for Common Carriers); Subpart BB (Restrictions on Unwanted Mobile Service Commercial Messages); Subpart CC (Customer Account Record Exchange Requirements). Part 68 - Connection of Terminal
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  • quote exact rates prior to the call, this likely would require significant capital outlays and take several years lead time to accomplish. In our 1991 order implementing TOCSIA, we stated that, "with regard to automated technology only, the provision of rate and other information via the use of a separate toll-free number is a reasonable method of compliance with [Section 64.703(a) of our rules]." We cautioned, however, that "as technology is developed that eliminated the necessity for a separate number, the use of that number should also be eliminated." OSPs have had more than six years to adapt to, and come into full compliance with, our rules that implemented TOCSIA in 1991. Under such rules, OSPs currently must provide oral rate
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  • the 1980s we imposed equal access obligations on LECs, including presubscription and dial-around requirements, in order to ensure consumer choice of interexchange service providers.68 Congress subsequently extended the principle of equal access to operator services, requiring that every aggregator of operator services allow consumers to Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-141 69 47 U.S.C. § 226(c)(1)(B),(C); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.703(b), 64.705(b). We have since forborne from enforcing these requirements against aggregators of CMRS operator services. See PCIA Forbearance Order, ¶¶ 76-80. 70 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.800-76.806. 71 47 C.F.R. § 25.104. 72 47 U.S.C. § 251(c)(2)-(4); see also 47 U.S.C. § 251(b) (imposing resale, number portability, dialing parity, access to rights-of-way, and reciprocal compensation obligations on all LECs). 73 See
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  • practices to determine whether Opticom was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. III. DISCUSSION III.A. Legal Requirements 4. Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call.10 This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to request
• http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2002/FCC-02-259A1.html
  • practices to determine whether ASC was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. III. DISCUSSION III.A. Legal Requirements 4. Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the Commission's rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call.7 This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to
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  • AND ORDER Adopted: August 21, 2003 Released: August 22, 2003 By the Chief, Telecommunications Consumers Division, Enforcement Bureau: 1. On September 23, 2002, the Commission released a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'') against One Call Communications, Inc., d/b/a Opticom regarding apparent non-compliance with Sections 226(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 226(b) (``the Act'') and Sections 64.703 et seq. of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 64.703(a), (a)(3)(i), (a)(4).1 On October 23, 2003, One Call Internet, Inc. (``OCI'') formerly known as One Call Communications, Inc. filed a Response and Motion to Dismiss the Notice of Apparent Liability.2 On October 30, 2003, OCMC, Inc. (d/b/a ``One Call Communications, Inc.'' hereinafter ``OCMC'') also filed a response to the NAL. 2.
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  • and OCMC, Inc., (OCMC) d/b/a One Call Communications, Inc. d/b/a Opticom, by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations by the Commission: one (the OSP Investigation) regarding possible non-compliance with the operator service provider (OSP) requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(C)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(3)(i) and (a)(4) of the Commissions rules;4 and the other regarding related matters raised in two letters of letters of inquiry issued to OCMC (the LOI Investigation). Both investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act.5 2. On September 23, 2002, the Commission, following an investigation, issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL).6 The NAL found
• http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2004/FCC-04-56A1.html
  • d/b/a Alternatel (``ASC''),4 by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations and a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'')5 (together, the ``Investigations'') by the Commission regarding non-compliance with the operator service provider (``OSP'') requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), (b)(1)(C)(i), and Section 201(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3)(i) of the Commission's rules.6 The Investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act.7 2. ASC provides operator services that can be accessed through aggregator telephones across the United States.8 Aggregator phones include phones in hotel and motel rooms, as well as payphones located in airports, train stations, shopping malls, gas stations, and other
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  • File No. EB-00-TC-043 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170012 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by AT&T Corp. (``AT&T'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as AT&T to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • Bureau (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC" or the "Commission") and AT&T Corp. (``AT&T'' or the "Company"), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the "Investigation") conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau began an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
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  • File No. EB-00-TC-044 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170013 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by WorldCom, Inc. (``WorldCom'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as WorldCom to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • Bureau (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the ``FCC'' or the ``Commission'') and WorldCom, Inc. (``WorldCom'' or the ``Company''), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the ``Investigation'') conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau initiated an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
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  • No. EB-00-TC-045 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170014 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by USLD Communications, Inc. (``USLD'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as USLD to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC" or the "Commission") and USLD Communications, Inc. (``USLD'' or the "Company"), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the "Investigation") conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau began an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Notices/1999/fcc99141.pdf
  • the 1980s we imposed equal access obligations on LECs, including presubscription and dial-around requirements, in order to ensure consumer choice of interexchange service providers.68 Congress subsequently extended the principle of equal access to operator services, requiring that every aggregator of operator services allow consumers to Federal Communications Commission FCC 99-141 69 47 U.S.C. § 226(c)(1)(B),(C); see also 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.703(b), 64.705(b). We have since forborne from enforcing these requirements against aggregators of CMRS operator services. See PCIA Forbearance Order, ¶¶ 76-80. 70 47 C.F.R. §§ 76.800-76.806. 71 47 C.F.R. § 25.104. 72 47 U.S.C. § 251(c)(2)-(4); see also 47 U.S.C. § 251(b) (imposing resale, number portability, dialing parity, access to rights-of-way, and reciprocal compensation obligations on all LECs). 73 See
• http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1998/fcc98134.pdf
  • § 64.708(b). 188 47 U.S.C. § 226(a)(9); 47 C.F.R. § 64.708(i). 189 47 U.S.C. § 226(a)(7); 47 C.F.R. § 64.708(g). An access code is a sequence of numbers that, when dialed, connect the caller to the provider of operator services associated with that sequence. 47 U.S.C. § 226(a)(1); 47 C.F.R. § 708(a). 190 47 U.S.C. § 226(c)(1)(A)(i); 47 C.F.R. § 64.703(b)(1). A "presubscribed OSP" is the OSP to which the consumer is connected when the consumer places a call using a public telephone without dialing an access code. See 47 U.S.C. § 226(a)(8); 47 C.F.R. § 64.708(h). In the landline context, aggregators contract with an OSP and often receive a commission from the OSP for the arrangement. 191 47 U.S.C. §
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  • Winstar Communications, Inc. (Winstar) Personal Communications Industry Association's Broadband Personal Communications Services Alliance's Petition for Forbearance For Broadband Personal Communications Services, Memorandum Opinion and Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 13 FCC Rcd 16857 (1998) (PCIA Forbearance Order and NPRM), recon. denied, FCC 99-250 (rel. Sept. 27, 1999). 47 U.S.C. §§ 160, 332(c)(1)(A). 47 U.S.C. § 226. 47 C.F.R. §§ 64.703-64.709. Letter from Mary McDermott, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff for Government Relations, PCIA, to Daniel B. Phythyon, Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, dated July 31, 1998 (July 31, 1998 PCIA Letter). Letter from Brent Weingardt, Vice President for Government Relations, PCIA, to Diane Cornell, Associate Chief, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, dated May 18, 1999 (May 18, 1999 PCIA Letter). We
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  • practices to determine whether Opticom was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. III. DISCUSSION III.A. Legal Requirements 4. Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call.10 This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to request
• http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2002/FCC-02-259A1.html
  • practices to determine whether ASC was in compliance with the requirements for OSPs. As set forth in detail below, that investigation showed apparent widespread violation of the Commission's rules, which appears to be part of a deliberate scheme to take advantage of consumers' dialing errors. III. DISCUSSION III.A. Legal Requirements 4. Pursuant to Section 226(b)(1)(A) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(1) of the Commission's rules, each provider of operator services must identify itself, audibly and distinctly, to the consumer at the beginning of each telephone call and before the consumer incurs any charge for the call.7 This practice is known as ``branding.'' The purpose of branding is to ensure that the consumer knows who is carrying the call, in time to
• http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2003/DA-03-2719A1.html
  • AND ORDER Adopted: August 21, 2003 Released: August 22, 2003 By the Chief, Telecommunications Consumers Division, Enforcement Bureau: 1. On September 23, 2002, the Commission released a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'') against One Call Communications, Inc., d/b/a Opticom regarding apparent non-compliance with Sections 226(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 226(b) (``the Act'') and Sections 64.703 et seq. of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. 64.703(a), (a)(3)(i), (a)(4).1 On October 23, 2003, One Call Internet, Inc. (``OCI'') formerly known as One Call Communications, Inc. filed a Response and Motion to Dismiss the Notice of Apparent Liability.2 On October 30, 2003, OCMC, Inc. (d/b/a ``One Call Communications, Inc.'' hereinafter ``OCMC'') also filed a response to the NAL. 2.
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  • and OCMC, Inc., (OCMC) d/b/a One Call Communications, Inc. d/b/a Opticom, by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations by the Commission: one (the OSP Investigation) regarding possible non-compliance with the operator service provider (OSP) requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A) and (b)(1)(C)(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(3)(i) and (a)(4) of the Commissions rules;4 and the other regarding related matters raised in two letters of letters of inquiry issued to OCMC (the LOI Investigation). Both investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act.5 2. On September 23, 2002, the Commission, following an investigation, issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (NAL).6 The NAL found
• http://www.fcc.gov/eb/Orders/2004/FCC-04-56A1.html
  • d/b/a Alternatel (``ASC''),4 by their authorized representative, hereby enter into this Consent Decree to resolve two investigations and a Notice of Apparent Liability (``NAL'')5 (together, the ``Investigations'') by the Commission regarding non-compliance with the operator service provider (``OSP'') requirements contained in Sections 226(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), (b)(1)(C)(i), and Section 201(b) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Sections 64.703(a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3)(i) of the Commission's rules.6 The Investigations were undertaken pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 403 of the Act.7 2. ASC provides operator services that can be accessed through aggregator telephones across the United States.8 Aggregator phones include phones in hotel and motel rooms, as well as payphones located in airports, train stations, shopping malls, gas stations, and other
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  • File No. EB-00-TC-043 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170012 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by AT&T Corp. (``AT&T'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as AT&T to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • Bureau (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC" or the "Commission") and AT&T Corp. (``AT&T'' or the "Company"), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the "Investigation") conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau began an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
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  • File No. EB-00-TC-044 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170013 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by WorldCom, Inc. (``WorldCom'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as WorldCom to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • Bureau (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the ``FCC'' or the ``Commission'') and WorldCom, Inc. (``WorldCom'' or the ``Company''), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the ``Investigation'') conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau initiated an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three
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  • No. EB-00-TC-045 NAL/Acct. No. 200132170014 ORDER Adopted: October 31, 2000 Released: November 1, 2000 By the Chief, Enforcement Bureau: 1. In this Order, we adopt a Consent Decree terminating an informal investigation by the Enforcement Bureau (``Bureau'') into possible violations by USLD Communications, Inc. (``USLD'') of Section 226(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. 2. Section 226(b)(1) of the Act and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules require operator service providers (``OSPs'') such as USLD to disclose immediately to consumers, at no charge: (1) a quotation of its rates or charges for the call; (2) the methods by which such rates or charges will be collected; (3) the methods by
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  • (``Bureau'') of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC" or the "Commission") and USLD Communications, Inc. (``USLD'' or the "Company"), by their counsel and authorized representatives. This Consent Decree resolves an investigation (the "Investigation") conducted by the Bureau regarding compliance with the operator service requirements contained in Section 226(b)(1)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the ``Act''), and Section 64.703(a)(3) of the Commission's rules. II. BACKGROUND 2. On December 1, 1999, the Enforcement Bureau began an investigation concerning compliance with the operator service requirements contained in the Act and the Commission's rules. Specifically, the Bureau's field staff investigated, inter alia, compliance with Section 226(b)(1) of the Act, and portions of section 64.703 of the Commission's rules. Over the next three