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Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
Yellow Book USA, Inc., )
)
Complainant, )
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v. ) File No. EB-01-MD-011
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Broadwing Inc. and Cincinnati Bell )
Telephone Company, )
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Defendants. )
ORDER
Adopted: October 26, 2001 Released: October 29,
2001
By the Chief, Market Disputes Resolution Division, Enforcement
Bureau:
1. On May 2, 2001, Yellow Book USA, Inc. (``Yellow Book'')
filed a complaint against Broadwing Inc. and Cincinnati Bell
Telephone Company (together ``CBT'') seeking injunctive and
declaratory relief and damages under section 222(e) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.1 Yellow Book's claims
concern CBT's rates and terms for the provision of (i) basefile
subscriber list information, defined at Section 64.2305(a) of the
FCC's Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 64.2305(a), and (ii) updated subscriber
list information, defined at Section 64.2305(h) of the FCC's
rules, 47 C.F.R. § 64.2305(h). CBT denied Yellow Book's claims.
On October 24, 2001, Yellow Book filed a Motion For Voluntary
Dismissal, in which it requests that the Commission dismiss with
prejudice its complaint against CBT because the parties have
reached a settlement of the dispute at issue.2
2. We are satisfied that dismissing this complaint will
serve the public interest by promoting the private resolution of
disputes and by eliminating the need for further litigation and
the expenditure of further time and resources of the parties and
of this Commission.
3. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to sections 1,
4(i), 4(j), 208, and 222(e) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i), 154(j), 208, and 222(e), and
the authority delegated in sections 0.111 and 0.311 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111, 0.311, that Yellow Book's
Motion For Voluntary Dismissal IS GRANTED.
4. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to sections 1, 4(i),
4(j), 208, and 222(e) of the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151, 154(i), 154(j), 208, and 222(e), and
the authority delegated in sections 0.111 and 0.311 of the
Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R. §§ 0.111, 0.311, that the above-
captioned complaint IS DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE and that this
proceeding is TERMINATED.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Alexander P. Starr
Chief, Market Disputes Resolution
Division
Enforcement Bureau
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1 47 U.S.C. § 222(e).
2 During a teleconference held with both parties on October 24,
2001, counsel for CBT confirmed the resolution of this matter.