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FEDERAL COMMUNICATION COMMISSIONS
47 CFR PART 64
[CC Docket No. 91-281; FCC 94-59]
Calling Number Identification Service--Caller ID
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Proposed rules.
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SUMMARY: In a Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking adopted March 8, 1994, the Commission required that carriers
participating in the offering of calling party number based services
must inform telephone customers regarding the availability of
identification services and how to invoke the privacy protection
mechanism. For ANI or charge number services for which such privacy is
not provided, the rules require that the notification inform telephone
customers of the restrictions on the reuse or sale of subscriber
information.
In the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking adopted March 8, 1994,
the Commission seeks comments on whether the Commission should
prescribe more detailed instructions regarding subscriber education
requirements, and on whether the policies for calling party number
delivery adopted in the Report and Order should extend to other
services.
DATES: Comments are due May 18, 1994, and reply comments due June 21,
1994.
ADDRESSES: Federal Communications, Commission, 1919 M Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20554.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne Hutchings, Domestic Services Branch, Domestic Facilities
Division, Common Carrier Bureau, (202) 634-1802, or Olga Madruga-Forti,
Domestic Services Branch, Domestic Facilities Division, Common Carrier
Bureau, (202) 634-1816.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This summarizes the Commission's Further
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the matter of Rules and Policies
Regarding Calling Number Identification Service. The item was adopted
by the Commission on March 8, 1994, and released March 29, 1994, and
bears the title of ``Rules and Policies Regarding Calling Number
Identification Services--Caller ID'', Report and Order (R&O) and
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Further NPRM) (CC Docket 91-281,
FCC 94-59). The R&O is summarized elsewhere in this issue.
The Further NPRM and supporting file are available for inspection
and copying during the weekday hours of 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the FCC
Reference Center, room 239, 1919 M St., NW., Washington, DC, or copies
may be purchased from the Commission's duplicating contractor, ITS,
2100 M St., NW., Suite 140, Washington, DC 20037, phone (202) 857-3800.
The Further NPRM will be published in the FCC Record.
Analysis of Proceeding
This summarizes the Commission's Further NPRM in the matter of
Rules and Policies Regarding Calling Number Identification Services--
Caller ID, Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(CC Docket 91-281, FCC 94-59, adopted March 8, 1994, and released March
29, 1994). In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, adopted October 23,
1991, (56 FR 53700, November 8, 1991), the Commission proposed to
establish federal policies and rules concerning interstate calling
number identification service (caller ID). On March 8, 1994, the
Commission adopted a Report and Order which found that a federal model
for interstate delivery of calling party number is in the public
interest, that calling party privacy must be protected, and that
certain state regulation of interstate calling party number (CPN) based
services, including interstate caller ID, must be preempted.
Specially, the Commission's rules require that common carriers
using Common Channel Signalling System 7 (SS7) and subscribing to or
offering any service based on SS7 functionality must transmit the
calling party number parameter and its associated privacy indicator on
an interstate call to connecting carriers. The rules also require that
carriers offering CPN delivery services provide, at no charge to the
caller, an automatic per call blocking mechanism for interstate
callers. The rules require that terminating carriers providing calling
party based services, including caller ID, honor the privacy indicator.
The Commission found that the costs of interstate transmission of CPN
are de minimis, and that the CPN should be transmitted among carriers
without additional charge. The rules adopted in the R&O require that
carriers participating in the offering of any service that delivers CPN
on interstate calls inform telephone subscribes that the subscriber's
number may be revealed to called parties and describe what steps
subscribers can take to avoid revealing their numbers. Further, the
Commission adopts rules restricting the reuse or sale of information
generated by automatic number identification (ANI) or charge number
services, absent affirmative subscriber consent.
In the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Further NPRM) adopted
March 8, 1994, the Commission seeks comment on whether it should
prescribe detailed instructions regarding what form education should
take or prescribe more precisely responsibilities of various carriers.
The Commission stated a particular interest in specific joint industry
education proposals.
In the Further NPRM, the Commission tentatively concludes that its
policies for calling party number delivery should apply equally to
services delivering calling party name, and seeks comment on this
tentative conclusion. It also seeks comment on whether the policies
adopted in the Report and Order should be extended to other services
that might identify the calling party.
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
This is a nonrestricted notice and comment rulemaking proceeding.
Ex Parte presentations are permitted, except during the Sunshine Agenda
period, provided they are disclosed as provided in Commission rules.
See generally 37 CFR 1.1202, 1.1203 and 1.1206(a).
We certify that the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 does not
apply to this rulemaking proceeding because if the proposed rule
amendment is promulgated, there will not be a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small business entities, as defined
in section 601(3) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The Secretary
shall send a copy of this Report and Order and Further Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, including the Initial Regulatory Flexibility
Analysis, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration in accordance with paragraph 603(A) Regulatory
Flexibility Act. Public Law 96-354, 94 Stat. 1164, 5 U.S.C. section 601
et seq. (1981).
Pursuant to applicable procedures set forth in Sec. Sec. 1.415 and
1.419 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.415 and 1.419, interested
parties may file comments on or before May 18, 1994, and reply comments
on or before June 21, 1994. To file formally in this proceeding,
interested parties must file an original and four copies of all
comments, reply comments, and supporting documents with the reference
number ``CC Docket 91-281'' on each document. If interested parties
want each Commissioner to receive a personal copy of comments,
interested parties must file an original plus nine copies. Interested
parties should send comments and reply comments to the Office of the
Secretary, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC 20554.
Comments and reply comments will be available for public inspection
during regular business hours in the FCC Reference Center, room 239,
Federal Communications Commission, 1919 M Street, NW., Washington, DC.
Copies of comments and reply comments are available through the
Commission's duplicating contractor: International Transcription
Service, Inc. (ITS, Inc), 2100 M Street, NW., suite 140, Washington, DC
20037, (202) 857-3800.
Federal Communications Commission.
William F. Caton,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-9359 Filed 4-15-94; 8:45 am]
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