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                                             DA 95-473

                        PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED
          FOR COMMENTS ON COMPTEL'S FILING IN CC DOCKET NO. 92-77
            PROPOSING A RATE CEILING ON OPERATOR SERVICE CALLS
                                    AND
            PLEADING CYCLE EXTENDED ON PETITION FOR RULEMAKING
               OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL
                    PROPOSING ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES BY
                 SOME OPERATOR SERVICE PROVIDERS RM-8606 

                                             Released:  March 13, 1995

     On March 7, 1995, the Competitive Telecommunications Association, the American
Public Communications Council, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth Telecommunications, MFS
Communications, NYNEX, Teleport Communications Group, and US West filed an ex parte
proposal in CC Docket No. 92-77 for a rate ceiling on "0+" operator service calls --  calls
made by simply entering "0" plus the number to be called, without the use of an "access code." 
The proposal would adopt a benchmark rate on a simple per minute basis, without regard to
time-of-day, distance, or whether the call was handled on an automated or live basis, or made
with a calling card or collect.  The petitioners propose this ceiling as an alternative to billed
party preference (BPP), contending that it could be implemented much more quickly and much
less expensively than BPP.

     Interested parties are asked to file comments on this proposal by April 12, 1995 and
reply comments by April 27, 1995, with the Secretary, FCC, 1919 M Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20554.  A copy should also be sent to the Commission's contractor for public
service records ITS, Inc., 2100 M Street, NW, suite 140, Washington DC 20037, 202-857-3800. 
Parties may inspect the pleadings in this proceeding during normal business hours, in the FCC's
Record Center (Room 239), 1919 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20554.  Copies also can
be obtained from the Commission's contractor for public service records duplication:  ITS, Inc.,
2100 M Street, N.W., suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037, (202) 857-3800.  

     Furthermore, to ease the administrative burden in this proceeding, the deadlines for filing
comments and reply comments on the Petition for Rulemaking filed by the National Association
of Attorneys General, RM-8606, which proposes increased disclosures by operator service
providers, are extended to match the dates above.  Furthermore, parties should address both
proposals in a single set of comments.

     We will continue to 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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