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View Third Year Anniversary Report (PDF Format)
Major Enforcement Actions In Fiscal Year 2002
(10/1/01 - 9/30/02)
Consumer Enforcement Actions
- ASC Telecom, Inc. d/b/a Alternatel,
September 23, 2002: proposed
$1,440,000 forfeiture for apparently violating the Communications Act
and related Commission rules governing consumer disclosure requirements
for operator-assisted calls made from payphones in the "fat finger dialing" context.
- One Call Communications, Inc. d/b/a Opticom,
September 23, 2002:
proposed $5,120,000 forfeiture for apparently violating the
Communications Act and related Commission rules governing consumer
disclosure requirements for operator-assisted calls made from payphones
in the "fat finger dialing" context.
- Fax.com Inc.,
August 7, 2002: proposed $5,379,000 forfeiture for
sending unsolicited advertisements, commonly known as "junk faxes,"
in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and
Commission rules.
- Webnet Communications Inc.,
June 20, 2002: proposed $1,200,000
forfeiture for apparent slamming violations.
- 21st Century Fax(es) Ltd., a.k.a. 20th Century Fax(es),
January
11, 2002: imposed a $1,107,500 forfeiture for faxing unsolicited
advertisements to consumers in violation of the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act (TCPA) and Commission rules.
- America's Tele-Network Corporation,
December 17, 2001: imposed a
$1,020,000 forfeiture for slamming violations.
- US Notary, Inc.,
October 12, 2001: imposed a $90,000 forfeiture
for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the
Commission's implementing rules by faxing unsolicited advertisements to
consumers.
Competition Enforcement Actions
- Verizon Communications, Inc.,
August 20, 2002: $260,000 consent
decree terminating an investigation into compliance with performance
reporting conditions imposed in connection with the merger of Bell
Atlantic and GTE.
- Qwest Communications International, Inc.,
July 24, 2002: $96,000
consent decree terminating an investigation into possible violations of
section 51.321(h) of the Commission's rules, which requires incumbent
local exchange carriers promptly to post on their Internet site notice
of premises that have run out of collocation space.
- SBC Communications, Inc.,
May 28, 2002: $3.6 million consent
decree terminating two investigations into potential violations of
Commission rules and orders in connection with the submission of
inaccurate affidavits in section 271 proceedings.
- SBC Communications, Inc.,
April 15, 2002: imposed a $100,000
forfeiture for violating Enforcement Bureau order requiring that
response to a letter of inquiry be accompanied by a sworn statement
attesting to its accuracy.
- SBC Communications, Inc.,
February 25, 2002: imposed a $84,000
forfeiture for violating section 51.321(h) of the Commission's rules,
which requires incumbent local exchange carriers promptly to post on
their Internet site notice of premises that have run out of collocation
space.
- SBC Communications, Inc.,
January 18, 2002: proposed $6,000,000
forfeiture for apparently violating a competition-related condition,
involving shared transport, contained in the FCC Order approving the
1999 merger of SBC and Ameritech Corporation.
Public Safety Enforcement Actions
- Charter Communications VI, LLC,
September 4, 2002: imposed a
$20,000 forfeiture for violations of the cable system signal leakage
rules and for failure to comply with a cease operations order.
- AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.,
June 18, 2002: $100,000 consent
decree terminating an investigation of possible violations of the E-911
Phase II rules in relation to the company's TDMA network, establishing
a compliance plan with benchmarks, and providing for automatic payments
of up to $1,200,000 for failing to meet benchmarks.
- AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.,
May 20, 2002: proposed $2,200,000
forfeiture for apparently violating the E-911 Phase II Rules in
relation to the company's GSM network, and for not updating an E-911
waiver request to reflect changed circumstances.
- Cingular Wireless LLC,
May 9, 2002: $100,000 consent decree
terminating an investigation of possible violations of the E-911 Phase
II rules, establishing a compliance plan with benchmarks, and providing
for automatic payments of up to $1,200,000 for failing to meet
benchmarks.
- AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.,
April 25, 2002: proposed $153,000
forfeiture for nine apparent violations of Commission rules concerning
the marking, lighting, and registration of antenna structures.
- SpectraSite Communications, Inc.,
April 25, 2002: proposed
$111,000 forfeiture for six apparent violations of Commission rules
concerning the marking, lighting, and registration of antenna
structures.
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