PUBLIC NOTICE

       Federal Communications Commission
       1919 M St., N.W.
       Washington, D.C. 20554


                                                  DA 97-1130

                          SWBT WITHDRAWS
            COMPARABLY EFFICIENT INTERCONNECTION PLAN 
               FOR INTERACTIVE CALL MANAGER SERVICE

             CC DOCKET NOS. 85-229, 90-623 and 95-20 

                                        May 29, 1997


     On August 15, 1996, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company (SWBT) filed a
Comparably Efficient Interconnection (CEI) plan for Interactive Call Manager (ICM) Service. 
The proposed ICM Service was intended to allow subscribers to record, modify, and delete
announcements and to allow end users to listen to recorded announcements, respond to voice
prompts, and be routed to alternate numbers for completion of the call.  On May 8, 1997, SWBT
submitted to the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, a letter withdrawing its
proposed CEI plan for ICM Service.

     For further information please call Andrea Kearney, Policy and Program Planning
Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at 418-7271.



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