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


In the Matter of                   )
                              )         CC Docket No. 91-346
Intelligent Networks                    )



                              ORDER                         
     

Adopted:  December 2, 1998                   Released: December 4, 1998
        

By the Commission:


     1.   In this Order, we terminate the above-captioned proceeding concerning third-party
access to the local exchange carriers' (LECs') intelligent networks.  We conclude that most of the
issues raised in this proceeding have been addressed by the Local Competition Order or are
being considered in the Computer III Further Notice, which is the Commission's current review
of its Open Network Architecture (ONA) and Computer III requirements.

     2.   The Commission initiated the Intelligent Networks proceeding in 1991 to consider
whether the Commission should apply ONA requirements for the unbundling of network
functionalities to the LECs' deployment of intelligent network technology.  In 1993, the
Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposed requiring all Tier 1 LECs
that deploy advanced intelligent networks (AIN) to provide third parties with mediated access to
those capabilities.  The Commission specifically proposed to require that Tier 1 LECs provide
third parties with access to their service management systems for the creation and deployment of
AIN-based services.

     3.   In February 1996, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996 Act) became law,
bringing sweeping changes to regulation of the telecommunications industry.  Among other
things, section 251 of the Act requires that incumbent LECs:  (1) provide interconnection with
requesting telecommunications carriers; (2) provide requesting telecommunications carriers with
access to unbundled network elements; (3) offer retail services for resale at wholesale rates; and
(4) provide physical collocation necessary for interconnection or access to unbundled network
elements at the premises of the incumbent LEC.

     4.   In August 1996, the Commission adopted regulations that implement the local
competition provisions of the 1996 Act.  With respect to AIN, the Commission determined that it
was technically feasible for incumbent LECs to provide requesting telecommunication carriers
with unbundled access to both the service creation environment and service management
system, and access to the service control point for the purpose of interconnecting with a
requesting carrier's switch.  The Commission also concluded that there was not enough
evidence to determine the technical feasibility of interconnecting third-party call-related
databases to the incumbent LEC's signaling system.

     5.   On January 30, 1998, the Commission released the Computer III Further Notice,
which proposes to revise the safeguards under which the Bell Operating Companies provide
information services in light of the requirements of the 1996 Act.  Among other things, the
Commission sought comment on whether the public interest would be served by Commission
action, pursuant to our general rulemaking authority, to extend the availability of unbundling
similar to that provided for in section 251 of the Act to information service providers.  These
entities do not have access to unbundled network elements under section 251 of the Act because
they are not telecommunications carriers.

     6.   As described above, most of the proposals in this proceeding concerning access to
AIN by telecommunications carriers were adopted by the Commission in the Local Competition
Order.  Most of the issues in this proceeding concerning access to AIN by information service
providers are now under consideration in the Computer III Further Notice.  Based on the
information currently available to us, it does not appear that there is a need to address the few
remaining issues in this proceeding at present.  If a need for consideration of these issues should
arise in the future, we will institute appropriate proceedings.

7.   Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the above captioned proceeding, In the Matter of
Intelligent Networks, CC Docket No. 91-346, IS hereby TERMINATED.


                              FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS        
                    COMMISSION




                              Magalie Roman Salas
                              Secretary