99-25974. Operator Services Providers and Call Aggregators

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 194 (Thursday, October 7, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 54577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25974]


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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CC Docket 94-158; FCC 99-171]


Operator Services Providers and Call Aggregators

AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; establishment of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This document establishes the effective date of the rule 
published on August 30, 1999 concerning a deadline to update inaccurate 
information posted on a public phone about the presubscribed provider 
of long-distance operator services at that location.

DATES: Section 64.703(c) of the Commission's rules published at 64 FR 
47118 (August 30, 1999) concerning Operator Services Providers and Call 
Aggregators shall become effective November 8, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrien R. Auger, Enforcement Division, 
Common Carrier Bureau [phone], or via the Internet at 
[e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 12, 1999, the Commission amended its 
rules to require that the information that call aggregators must post 
on or near pay phones be updated as soon as practicable, but no later 
than 30 days from the time of a change of the presubscribed operator 
service provider. The new rule was adopted in order to ensure that 
consumers are timely provided with basic information they need to make 
informed choices among telecommunications operator services providers. 
A summary of this order was published in the Federal Register. See 64 
FR 47118, August 30, 1999. Because Sec. 64.703(c) imposes new 
information collection requirements, it could not become effective 
until approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). We stated 
that the Commission would publish a document in the Federal Register 
announcing the effective date for the rule. On September 24, 1999, OMB 
approved the information collections contained in the rule. (See OMB 
No. 3060-0653). This publication satisfies our statement that the 
Commission would publish a document announcing the effective date of 
the rule.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 64

    Communications common carriers, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Telephone.

Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,


Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 99-25974 Filed 10-6-99; 8:45 am]
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