Bell Operating Company Provision of Out-of-Region Interstate, Interexchange Services

In this Order on Reconsideration, the Commission advances the effective date of its recently released Report and Order concerning Bell operating company provision of domestic, out-of-region, interstate, interexchange services. In the Matter of Out-of-Region Interstate, Interexchange Services, CC Docket No. 96-21, FCC 96-288 (rel. July 1, 1996) (Interim BOC Out-of-Region Order). The effective date as specified in that Interim BOC Out-of-Region Order was thirty days after its publication in the Federal Register, which is August 8, 1996. To further facilitate the efficient and rapid provision of such services by the BOC as contemplated by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Order on Reconsideration advances the effective date of the Interim BOC Out-of-Region Order to July 29, 1996.