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X4WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554hhCqpp  *xxX DA 971399    yx\ dddhy  aE#6\  P6QمP#News media information 202/4180500 FaxOnDemand 202/4182830 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov ftp.fcc.gov  Xb4#Xj\  P6G;ynXP##Xj PynXP#  XK'X PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON REQUEST BY ALTS w FOR CLARIFICATION OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES REGARDING ^RECIPROCAL COMPENSATION FOR INFORMATION SERVICE PROVIDER  X 'c0TRAFFIC \  X 'K% CCB/CPD 9730 Đ\  X ' XX` ` X XXhhCXqXXppXReleased: July 2, 1997 (#  X|4Comment Date:    July 17, 1997  Xe4Reply Date:` `  July 24, 1997  XN4 On June 20, 1997, the Association for Local Telecommunications (ALTS) filed a letter with the Common Carrier Bureau requesting expedited clarification of the Commission's rules regarding the rights of a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) to receive reciprocal compensation pursuant to section 251(b)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended  X4by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Act), for the transport and termination of traffic to CLEC subscribers that are information service providers. Section 251(b)(5) of the Act requires all local exchange carriers (LECs) "to establish reciprocal compensation arrangements for the transport and termination of telecommunications." Section 51.701(a) of the Commission's rules limits this obligation to "local telecommunications traffic." Section 51.701(b)(1), in instances of traffic exchange between LECs and nonCMRS providers, defines "local telecommunications traffic" as traffic that "originates and terminates within a local service area established by the state commission."  X4Specifically, ALTS requests clarification that nothing in the Local Competition Orderc^X {On!'ԍ Implementation of the Local Competition Provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, CC  {O8"'Docket No. 96-98, First Report and Order, 11 FCC Rcd 15499 (1996), stayed in part pending judicial review sub  {O#'nom. Iowa Utils. Bd. v. FCC, 109 F.3rd 418 (8th Cir. 1996).c requires information service traffic to be treated differently than other local traffic is handled under current reciprocal compensation agreements in situations in which local calls to information service providers are exchanged between incumbent local exchange carriers and CLECs. We ask for comment on ALTS's request both with regard to information service",,,j!e@d;[!,LAAK \ '#k \ h H  X4providers, and, more specifically, with regard to enhanced service providers (ESPs).nD yOy'ԍ Section 3(20) of the Act states that the term "information service" means "the offering of a capability for generating, acquiring, storing, transforming, processing, retrieving, utilizing, or making available information via telecommunications, and includes electronic publishing, but does not include any use of any such capability for the management, control, or operation of a telecommunications system or the management of a telecommunications service." The Commission found that the term "information services" includes "enhanced  {Oa'services," but also includes additional services, as well. See Implementation of the Non-Accounting Safeguards of  {O+'Sections 271 and 272 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, CC Docket No. 96-149 (released December 24, 1996) at paras 10203.n  X4Interested parties may file comments on these letters on or before  July 17, 1997, and  X4reply comments on or before July 24, 1997 , with the Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W., Room 222, Washington, D.C. 20554. Comments and reply comments should reference CPD 9730. An original and four (4) copies of all comments and replies must be filed in accordance with Section 1.51(c) of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.51(c). Additionally, two (2) copies should also be sent to Wanda Harris, Common Carrier Bureau, FCC, Room 518, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20554, and one (1) copy should be sent to the Commission's contractor for public service records duplication, ITS, Inc., 2100 M Street, N.W., Suite 140, Washington, D.C. 20037. Parties wishing to view the abovereferenced letter may do so in the Common Carrier Bureau Reference Room, Room 575, 2000 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Copies can also be obtained from ITS at (202) 8573800. Additionally, a copy of the letters have been filed in CC Docket No. 9698. Finally, the ALTS letter is also available on the Commission Internet site at . We will treat this proceeding as permitbutdisclose for purposes of the Commission's  XK4ex parte rules. See generally, 47 C.F.R.  1.12001.1206. For further information on this proceeding, please contact Edward B. Krachmer, Competitive Pricing Division, at (202) 4180198. qԩ FCC \