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                                                                 DA 96-1284
                                                          NSD File No. 96-9
                                    
           PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON TELEPORT
       COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC.'S PETITION FOR DECLARATORY RULING

                                                 Released:  August 14, 1996

     On July 12, 1996, Teleport Communications Group Inc. (TCG), filed a petition for
declaratory ruling.  In the petition, TCG requests the Commission to:  (1) require that overlay
area code plans may not be implemented unless permanent number portability and mandatory
10-digit dialing exist, and that geographic area code splits must be used absent these
conditions; (2) require the implementation of TCG's "Number Crunch" proposal, which would
permit NXX assignments across multiple rate centers in blocks of one thousand numbers; and
(3) require as part of a BOC's application to provide in-region interLATA services pursuant to
section 271 of the 1996 Act a demonstration that numbering resources are available to
competing local carriers.

     Interested parties should file comments on TCG's petition by September 15, 1996, and
reply comments by September 30, 1996, with the Secretary, FCC, 1919 M Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20554.  A copy should also be sent to Carmell Weathers, Network Services
Division, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC, Room 220, 2000 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20554, and to the Commission's contractor for public records duplication, ITS, Inc., 2100 M
Street, N.W., Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037.  The TCG petition is available for
inspection and copying in the Network Services Division's Public Reference Room, Room
220, 2000 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., from 8:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M., Monday through
Thursday, and from 8:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. on Friday.  Copies can also be obtained from
ITS by calling (202)857-3800.

     For further information contact Erin Duffy, Network Services Division, Common
Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418-2320.


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