DA 95-1437

                        PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED 
                              FOR COMMENTS ON
                      BELL ATLANTIC'S NOTIFICATION OF
                      ENHANCED SERVICES MARKET TRIALS
                                     
                           CC DOCKET NO. 88-616

                                                  Released:  June 27, 1995

     On June 19, 1995, Bell Atlantic filed a notification to conduct a series of market trials
of new enhanced services.  To simplify filing procedures, Bell Atlantic filed one notification for
the three market trials discussed below.  Bell Atlantic states that the three market trials will be
conducted in an eight-month period. 

     1.   Screenphone Electronic Directory Service.  Bell Atlantic states that this service
will provide customers with dial-up access to electronic Yellow Pages information via a
screenphone.  Bell Atlantic states that any screenphone that is compatible with the Analog
Display Services Interface (ADSI) specifications may be used to access the Yellow Pages
information.  Bell Atlantic states that customers may access alphabetical business listings and
text from yellow page advertisements.  Bell Atlantic proposes to offer the service to
approximately 800 customers in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore metropolitan area,
although other customers with ADSI-compatible screenphones may also participate in the trial. 
Bell Atlantic states that it will not use any underlying basic service to provide this enhanced
service.  During the trial, Bell Atlantic does not intend to charge either end users or advertisers
for this service.  

     2.   Internet Electronic Yellow Pages.   Bell Atlantic states that this service will
provide Internet users with on-line access to certain Yellow Pages directories.  Bell Atlantic
states that Bell Atlantic Electronic Publishing, Inc., an affiliate, will enter, and maintain,
directory listings, including advertisements and graphics, from the metropolitan Washington
D.C. and Baltimore Yellow Pages directories.  Bell Atlantic states that during the trial the
service will be provided without additional charge to end users and advertisers.  Bell Atlantic
states that because the information will be generally available over the Internet, the number of
end users participating in the trial cannot be limited or restricted.    Bell Atlantic states that it
will not use any Bell Atlantic basic service in provision of this service because the Yellow Pages
information will be sent to the server on magnetic tape and entered into the service by Bell
Atlantic Network Services, Inc. personnel.  Bell Atlantic adds that the server will be connected
to the Internet through BBN Planet the southeast region, an unaffiliated Internet service provider. 

     3.   Internet Website.  Bell Atlantic states that this Internet market trial involves an
enhanced "home page" service that allows users to read and post messages on bulletin boards
and to offer products and services through a classified advertising section.  Bell Atlantic states
that the home page will also contain expanded news and information about technology-related
issues, and that it may add both passive and interactive information during the trial.   Again,
Bell Atlantic does not propose to charge a fee to end-users or advertisers during the trial period. 

     Pursuant to the Interim Waiver Order, Bell Atlantic describes its plans for complying
with the conditions for conducting market trials of enhanced services  without filing comparably
efficient interconnection (CEI) plans.  (See In the Matter of  Bell Operating Companies' Joint
Petition for Waiver of Computer II Rules, Memorandum Opinion and Order, DA 95-36, rel.
Jan. 11, 1995, (Interim Waiver Order), and BOC Notices of Compliance with CEI Waiver
Requirements for Market Trials of Enhanced Services, Memorandum Opinion and Order, CC
Docket No. 88-616, 4 FCC Rcd 1266 (1989).) 

     Interested parties should file comments on Bell Atlantic's  Market Trial Notification by
July 17, 1995, and reply comments by July 27, 1995, with the Secretary, FCC, 1919 M Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C.  20554.  A copy should also be sent to Peggy Reitzel, Common
Carrier Bureau, FCC, Room 544, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554, and to the
Commission's contractor for public service records duplication: ITS, Inc. 2100 M Street, N.W.,
Suite 140, Washington, D.C.  20037.   Bell Atlantic's Notification is available for inspection
and copying, during normal business hours, in the FCC's Dockets Branch (Room 239), 1919
M Street, N.W., Washington,D.C. 20554.  Copies also can be obtained from ITS at (202) 857-
3800. 

           We will treat this proceeding as non-restricted for purposes of the Commission's ex
parte rules.  See generally 47 C.F.R.  1.1200-1.1216.  For further information contact Peggy
Reitzel, Policy and Program Planning Division of the Common Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-
1579.

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