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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1899)	11/13/1998 6:26:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Read Replies (2) of 3178

OT> BellSouth Asks FCC to Reconsider Louisiana Long-Distance Application November 13, 1998 WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/BACKGROUND: On October 13, 1998 the Federal Communications Commission denied for the second time BellSouth's application to provide interLATA long-distance services in Louisiana. In its order, the FCC indicated that BellSouth (NYSE: BLS) meets the requirements of six checklist items and one subsection of the seventh checklist item. Today BellSouth has filed a Petition for Reconsideration and Clarification of the FCC's Order. The purpose of the filing is to request that the FCC reconsider its position regarding those items that it had ruled BellSouth did not meet, and to clarify what steps the company needs to take to assure the Commission's approval with subsequent long-distance petitions. The following statement on BellSouth's reconsideration filing should be attributed to Sid Boren, BellSouth's executive vice president for planning, development and administration: "With this request for reconsideration, BellSouth is asking for a dialogue with the Commission to continue efforts to gain a clear understanding of what it would take for the FCC to approve a BellSouth petition to offer long- distance to consumers in Louisiana. We see this as an opportunity to continue the communications with the FCC as we did prior to filing the second Louisiana petition. We believe those discussions were beneficial to the process of determining the differences that remain between where we are and where the FCC wants us to be. "It's our hope and plan to continue our discussions with the FCC and the staff with the goal of determining the requirements that the Commission is placing on our entry into the long-distance market. We believe that this filing today will serve as another opportunity for these discussions to be meaningful and useful to the process of bringing to consumers the benefits of our entry into the long-distance market in Louisiana." For more information, contact Joe Chandler, 404-927-7420 or Bill McCloskey, 202-463-4129, both of BellSouth. SOURCE BellSouth

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