DAILY DIGEST

Vol. 16, No. 1                                            January 2,1997

THIRD ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON CABLE COMPETITION ADOPTED. Report No: CS 97-1. Action by: the Commission. Adopted: December 26, 1996. (FCC No. 96-496) News Media Contact: Morgan Broman (202) 418-2358. CSB Contact: Marcia Glauberman and Jon Ogur (202) 418-7200; OGC contact: Rebecca Dorch and Jeff Lanning (202) 418-1880. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/News_Releases/1997/nrcb7001.txt

FACT SHEET -- THE NEW EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. OPA.

Released: January 2, 1997. TARIFF TRANSMITTAL PUBLIC REFERENCE LOG: DECEMBER 31, 1996.

Released: January 2, 1997. CABLE SERVICES BUREAU ANOUNCES OPTIONAL IDENTIFICATION POLICY FOR INCOMING MAIL. (DA No. 96-2208). Contact: Margo Domon (202) 418-2949. News Media Contact: Morgan Broman (202) 418-2358. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Public_Notices/1997/da970002.txt

Released: January 2, 1997. CABLE SERVICES BUREAU ANNOUNCES POLICY ADDRESSING AVAILABILITY OF INFORMAL LETTER RULINGS. (DA No. 96-2209). Contact: Margo Domon at (202) 418-2949. News Media Contact: Morgan Broman (202) 418-2358. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Public_Notices/1997/da970003.txt

Released: January 2, 1997. EX PARTE PRESENTATIONS AND POST-REPLY COMMENT PERIOD FILINGS IN NON-RESTRICTED PROCEEDINGS. Contact: Barbara Lowe at (202) 418-0310.

CABLE INDUSTRIES PRICES REPORT. Dkt No.: MM- 92-266. Action by the Commission. Adopted: December 31, 1996. by Report. (FCC No. 96-499). CSB Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Reports/fcc96499.txt

ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUS OF COMPETITION INTHE MARKET FOR THE DELIVERY OF VIDEO PROGRAMMING. Dkt No.: CS- 96-133. Action by the Commission. Adopted: December 26, 1996. by Report. (FCC No. 96-496). CSB Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Cable/Reports/fcc96496.txt

INTERNATIONAL BUREAU RELEASES REPORT ON 1995 CIRCUIT STATUS FOR U.S. FACILITY-BASED INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS. Report No: IN 96-26. IB Contact: Cathy Hsu (202) 418-2114. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/News_Releases/1996/nrin6032.txt

INTERNATIONAL BUREAU FINDS THAT NEW ZEALAND PROVIDES U.S. CARRIERS EFFECTIVE COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITIES. Report No: IN 96-27. by OA&C/MOO&C. Adopted: December 17, 1996. (DA No. 96-2182/96-2183). IB Contact: Helene Schrier Nankin (202) 418-1466; Robert Calaff (202) 418-1467; Susan O'Connell (202) 418-1484. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/News_Releases/1996/nrin6031.txt

FCC FILINGS. OPA. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/filings.html

Report No: CCB/CPD-23. Released: December 31, 1996. PROTESTED TARIFF TRANSMITTALS ACTIONS TAKEN. (DA No. 96-2205). Contact: Judith A. Nitsche at (202) 418-1540.

Released: December 31, 1996. PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED FOR COMMENTS ON NECA'S SUPPLEMENTAL MODIFICATION TO THE INTERSTATE AVERAGE SCHEDULE FORMULAS.Comments are due January 22, replies February 3. (DA No. 96-2195). Contact: George Williams (202) 418-0867. Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Public_Notices/1996/da962195.txt

ERRATUM. to R&O released November 13, 1996 in the matter of revision of filing requirements. Dkt No.: CC- 96-23. Action by Chief, Industry Analysis Div. Adopted: December 31, 1996. by Erratum. (DA No. 96-2207). CCB Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Common_Carrier/Orders/1996/da962207.txt

TELECOM NEW ZEALAND LIMITED. See second item under "News Releases" in Addenda. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: December 17, 1996. by OA&C. (DA No. 96-2182). IB Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/1996/da962182.txt

COMMUNICATIONS TELESYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL. See second item under "News Releases" in Addenda. Action by Bureau Chief. Adopted: December 17, 1996. by MOO&C. (DA No. 96-2183). IB Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Orders/1996/da962183.txt

TELETRAC LICENSE, INC. Granted Teletrac's request for waiver of the Commission's rules to relocate one of its transmitter sites for its grandfathered multilateration Location and Monitoring Service (LMS) authorizations for WNUN 558 (New York, NY) to a location beyond the two-kilometer radius of the originally-licensed site. Action by Chief, Commercial Wireless Div. Adopted: December 31, 1996. by Order. (DA No. 96-2206). WTB Internet URL: http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Wireless/Orders/1996/da962206.txt