Completed Forbearance Petitions Under Section 10 of the Communications Act

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Forbearance Rules

Effective Date of Forbearance Rules

Forbearance Timeline

Forbearance Petitions Completed Since 2004
Petition	Date Filed	Docket No.	Final Order, Court Opinion or Other Final Document	Contact Person
Conexions	07/08/2009	WC Dkt. No. 09-197 CC Dkt. 96-45	Conexions Forbearance Order	Nicholas Degani (202) 418-7400
Head Start Consumer Cellular Midwestern Telecommunications Inc. MLine Up, LLC	05/15/2009 06/30/2009 03/16/2010 05/27/2010	WC Dkt. No. 09-197	Me-Too Facilities Forbearance Order	Nicholas Degani (202) 418-7400
i-wireless	04/01/2009	WC Dkt. No. 09-197	i-wireless Forbearance Order	Nicholas Degani (202) 418-7400
Verizon Virginia Beach MSA	03/31/2008	WC Dkt. No. 08-49	Withdrawl Letter	Tim Stelzig (202) 418-1580
Denali Spectrum License Sub, LLC	03/12/2009	WT Dkt. No. 09-64	Denali Spectrum License Sub, LLC Forbearance Order	Scott Mackoul (202) 418-0660
Verizon Rhode Island	02/14/2008	WC Dkt. No. 08-24	Withdrawl Letter	Tim Stelzig (202) 418-1580
Virgin Mobile	12/05/2007	CC Dkt. No. 96-45	Virgin Mobile Forbearance Order	Nicholas Degani (202) 418-7400
Qwest Enterprise	09/12/2007	WC Dkt. No. 06-125	Qwest Enterprise Broadband Forbearance Order	William Kehoe (202) 418-1580
Qwest 4 MSA Denver MSA Minneapolis-St.Paul MSA Phoenix MSA Seattle MSA	04/27/2007	WC Dkt. No. 07-97	Qwest 4 MSA Forbearance Order D.C. Circuit Remand Order (Qwest Corp. v. FCC, No. 08-1257 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 5, 2009)) Withdrawl Letter Proceeding Terminated, DA 10-1561	Denise Coca or Tim Stelzig (202) 418-1580
Qwest Terry, Montana Exchange	01/22/2007	WC Dkt. No. 07-9	Qwest Terry, Montana Exchange Order	Tim Stelzig or Denise Coca (202) 418-1580
Verizon 6 MSA Boston MSA New York MSA Philadelphia MSA Pittsburgh MSA Providence MSA Virginia Beach MSA	09/06/2006	WC Dkt. No. 06-172	Verizon 6 MSA Forbearance Order D.C. Circuit Remand Order (Verizon Tel. Cos. v. FCC, 570 F.3d 294 (D.C. Cir. 2009)) Withdrawl Letter Proceeding Terminated, DA 10-1665	Denise Coca or Tim Stelzig (202) 418-1580
Embarq and Frontier/Citizens Enterprise	07/26/2006	WC Dkt. No. 06-147	Embarq and Frontier/Citizens Enterprise Broadband Forbearance Order	William Kehoe (202) 418-1580
AT&T Enterprise	07/20/2006	WC Dkt. No. 06-125	AT&T Enterprise Broadband Forbearance Order	William Kehoe (202) 418-1580
ACS UNE	09/30/2005	WC Dkt. No. 05-281	ACS UNE, Anchorage, Study Area 9th Cir. Order(Covad Commc’n Group, Inc. v. FCC, Nos. 07-70898, 07-71076, 07-71222 (9th Cir. 2007))	Tim Stelzig or Denise Coca (202) 418-1580
Verizon Telephone Companies’ Petition for Forbearance from Title II and Computer Inquiry Rules	12/20/2004	WC Dkt. No. 04-440	Proceeding deemed granted by operation of law	William Kehoe (202) 418-1580
Qwest, Omaha MSA	06/21/2004	WC Dkt. No. 04-223	Qwest Omaha Forbearance Order D.C. Circuit Order Qwest Corp. v. FCC, 482 F.3d 471 (D.C. Cir. 2007)	Tim Stelzig or Denise Coca (202) 418-1580
TracFone Wireless, Inc.	06/08/2004	CC Dkt. No. 96-45	TracFone Forbearance Order	Nicholas Degani (202) 418-7400

last reviewed/updated on September 01, 2011

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