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                            Before the
                Federal Communications Commission
                      Washington, D.C. 20554

In the Matter of                )       CCB/CPD 98-47
                                )       
Bell Atlantic Revisions to      )       
Tariff F.C.C. No. 1             )       Transmittal No. 1071
       

                  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

     Adopted: August 17, 1998           Released: August 17, 1998

By the Chief, Competitive Pricing Division, Common Carrier Bureau:

                        I.  INTRODUCTION

     1.  On March 23, 1998, Bell Atlantic Telephone Companies (Bell Atlantic) filed Transmittal No.
1036 to establish new service rate elements to provide long-term number portability query services.  Bell
Atlantic filed Transmittal No. 1041 on April 6, 1998, to defer the effective date of Transmittal No. 1036 to
April 11, 1998, and withdrew and refiled its Service Number Portability Service, effective April 11, 1998. 
On April 9, 1998, the Common Carrier Bureau (Bureau) suspended Bell Atlantic's Transmittal No. 1041
for one day and included it in a pending investigation of similar tariff revisions filed by Ameritech
Operating Companies, Pacific Bell Telephone Company, and Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.  On
August 13, 1998, Bell Atlantic filed Transmittal No. 1071, which revises the Tandem Query rate filed in
Transmittal No. 1041.   

                        II.  DISCUSSION

     2.  This transmittal raises issues that were set for investigation in the Investigation Order. 
Therefore, we suspend this transmittal for one day and include it in the investigation initiated in the
Investigation Order. 

                  III.  EX PARTE REQUIREMENTS
                                
     3.  This investigation is a permit-but-disclose proceeding and subject to the requirements under
Section 1.1206(b) of the rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.1206(b), as revised.  Persons making oral ex parte
presentations are reminded that memoranda summarizing the presentation must contain a summary of the
substance of the presentation and not merely a listing of the subjects discussed.  More than a one or two
sentence description of the views and arguments presented is generally required.  See 47 C.F.R. 
1.1206(b)(2), as revised.  Other rules pertaining to oral and written presentations are set forth in Section
1.1206(b), as well.  

                     IV.  ORDERING CLAUSES

     4.  Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to Section 204(a) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  204(a), and through the authority delegated pursuant to Sections 0.91 and
0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, that tariff revision filed by Bell Atlantic
Telephone Companies under Transmittal No. 1071 IS SUSPENDED for one day from the effective date
and an investigation of the referenced tariff transmittal IS INSTITUTED AND CONSOLIDATED in CC
Docket No. 98-14.

     5.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Bell Atlantic Telephone Company SHALL FILE, within
five business days of the release date of this Order, a supplement to its tariff in order to suspend the
effective date for one day.  Bell Atlantic should cite the DA number of the instant Order as the authority for
making these filings. 

     6.  IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to Sections 4(i) and 204(a) of the Communications Act
of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C.  154(i) and 204(a), and through the authority delegated pursuant to
Sections 0.91 and 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91 and 0.291, that Bell Atlantic
Telephone Company SHALL KEEP ACCURATE ACCOUNT of all amounts received by reason of the
provisions that are the subject of this investigation.  

                              
                              
                              
     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION



                              
                              Jane E. Jackson
                              
                              Chief
                              
                              Competitive Pricing Division
                              
                              Common Carrier Bureau