Subj : Digest. 8-15-05 To : All From : W8ZZU Date : Sun Sep 04 2005 13:02:00 Vol. 24 No. 155 August 15, 2005 THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE DATED AND RELEASED TODAY: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- NEWS RELEASES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FCC INITIATES INQUIRY INTO SCOPE AND IMPACT OF ANTICOMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL CALLING MARKETS AND CONSUMERS AND RESOLVES REMAINING MATTERS ON THE U.S.-PHILIPPINES ROUTE. The FCC took two actions to protect U.S. consumers from anticompetitive conduct in international telecommunications services markets and to ensure that they enjoy competitive prices as they make international calls. News Release. (Dkt No 05-254). News Media Contact: Jacki Ponti at (202) 418-0436 IB. Contact David Strickland, Francis Gutierrez at (202) 418-1460 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- PUBLIC NOTICES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Report No: AUC-04-37-Z Released: 08/15/2005. MEDIA BUREAU IS PREPARED TO GRANT CERTAIN AUCTION NO. 37 BROADCAST CONSTRUCTION PERMIT APPLICATIONS. (DA No. 05-2273) Final Payments Due by August 29, 2005, Auction No. 37. MB. Contact: Gail Glasser at (202) 418- 0578, Lisa Scanlan, Thomas Nessinger, or Rudy Bonacci at (202) 418-2700 Report No: 46048 Released: 08/15/2005. BROADCAST ACTIONS. MB Report No: 26048 Released: 08/15/2005. BROADCAST APPLICATIONS. MB Released: 08/15/2005. NOTICE OF STREAMLINED DOMESTIC 214 APPLICATION GRANTED. (DA No. 05-2280). (Dkt No 05-218). WCB. Contact: Tracey Wilson-Parker at (202) 418-1394 or Alex Johns at (202) 418-1167 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- TEXTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- MODIFYING THE COMMISSION'S PROCESS TO AVERT HARM TO U.S. COMPETITION AND U.S. CUSTOMERS CAUSED BY ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCT. Seek comment on ways to improve the process available to the Commission to protect U.S. consumers from the effects of anticompetitive conduct by foreign carriers. (Dkt No. 05-254). Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 08/05/2005 by NOI. (FCC No. 05-152). IB ADDENDA: THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, RELEASED AUGUST 12, 2005, DID NOT APPEAR IN DIGEST NO. 154: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- NEWS RELEASES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- QUARTERLY REPORT ON INFORMAL CONSUMER INQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS RELEASED. The Commission has released its report on the inquiries and complaints processed by the Consumer & Govermental Affairs Bureau during the first quarter of calendar year 2005. News Release. News Media Contact: Rosemary Kimball at (202) 418-0511; email: Rosemary.Kimball@fcc.gov CGB. Contact Thomas Wyatt at (202) 418-1400 FCC PROPOSES ALMOST $1.5 MILLION IN FORFEITURES FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND VIOLATIONS. News Release. News Media Contact: Janice Wise at (202) 418-7450, email: Janice.Wise@fcc.gov EB. Contact Janice Wise at (202) 418-7450 or Hillary DeNigro at (202) 418-7334 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- PUBLIC NOTICES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Released: 08/12/2005. DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATION FILED FOR ACQUISITION OF ASSETS OF CORECOM NEWCO, INC., TO FIRST COMMUNICATIONS LLC. (DA No. 05-2285). (Dkt No 05-241) STREAMLINED PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED. WCB. Contact: Tracey Wilson-Parker at (202) 418-1394 or Adam Kirschenbaum at (202) 418-7280 Released: 08/12/2005. DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATION FILED FOR TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, FROM WINSTAR HOLDINGS, LLC TO GVC NETWORKS, LLC. (DA No. 05-2282). (Dkt No 05-242) STREAMLINED PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED. Comments Due: 08/26/2005. Reply Comments Due: 09/02/2005. WCB. Contact: Tracey Wilson-Parker at (202) 418-1394 or Renee R. Crittendon at (202) 418-2352 Released: 08/12/2005. COMMENTS INVITED ON APPLICATION OF TMC OF VIRGINIA, INC. TO DISCONTINUE DOMESTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. (DA No. 05-2286). (Dkt No 05-257). Comments Due: 08/26/2005. WCB. Contact: Carmell Weathers at (202) 418-2325, email: Carmell.Weathers@fcc.gov or Rodney McDonald at (202) 418-7513, email: Rodney.McDonald@fcc.gov, TTY: (202) 418-0484 Released: 08/12/2005. DOMESTIC SECTION 214 APPLICATION FILED FOR ACQUISITION OF ASSETS OF SEREN INNOVATIONS, INC., TO WAVEDIVISION HOLDINGS, LLC. (DA No. 05-2283). (Dkt No 05-226) STREAMLINED PLEADING CYCLE ESTABLISHED. Comments Due: 08/26/2005. Reply Comments Due: 09/02/2005. WCB. Contact: Tracey Wilson-Parker at (202) 418-1394, Renee R. Crittendon at (202) 418-2352 or Adam Kirschenbaum at (202) 418-7280 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- TEXTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- OCMC, INC. Notified OCMC, Inc. of its Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $1,133,761 for failing to meet its statutory and regulatory obligations related to the Universal Service Fund. Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 08/12/2005 by NALF. (FCC No. 05-157). EB TELECOM MANAGEMENT, INC. Notified Telecom Management, Inc. of its Apparent Liability for Forfeiture in the amount of $280,000 for failing to meet its statutory and regulatory obligations related to the Universal Service Fund. Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 08/12/2005 by NALF. (FCC No. 05-156). 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