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CableCableSignal LeakageSignal LeakageEnforcementEnforcement

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E911E911 $2.2 million in sanctions$2.2 million in sanctions

Tower Safety Tower Safety EnforcementEnforcement $1.0 million in sanctions$1.0 million in sanctions

Emergency Alert SystemEmergency Alert System $346,000 in sanctions$346,000 in sanctions

AM Tower FencesAM Tower Fences $184,000 in sanctions$184,000 in sanctions

Radio Frequency Radio Frequency RadiationRadiation $20,000 in sanctions$20,000 in sanctions

Cable Signal LeakageCable Signal Leakage $181,000 in sanctions$181,000 in sanctions

ProtectingProtectingPublic SafetyPublic Safety

Major Public Safety ActionsMajor Public Safety Actions

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Marketing Marketing RulesRules

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AuctionsAuctions

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PromotingPromotingCompetition and BroadbandCompetition and Broadband

Major Competition Actions in 2002Major Competition Actions in 2002

Violation of shared transport merger conditionViolation of shared transport merger condition $6 million forfeiture$6 million forfeiture

Inaccurate affidavits filed in §271 proceedingsInaccurate affidavits filed in §271 proceedings $3.6 million consent $3.6 million consent decreedecree

Refusal to comply with Letter of InquiryRefusal to comply with Letter of Inquiry $100,000 forfeiture$100,000 forfeiture

Inaccurate performance reportingInaccurate performance reporting $260,000 consent $260,000 consent decreedecree

Violation of collocation rulesViolation of collocation rules $84,000 forfeiture$84,000 forfeiture

Collocation postingCollocation posting $96,000 consent decree$96,000 consent decree

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Application Coordination 6-month Review 12-month Review

Enforcement action, if appropriate

Section 271 Compliance Section 271 Compliance Review ProgramReview Program

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• Special AccessSpecial Access• OperationalOperational Support ServicesSupport Services• Building AccessBuilding Access• Pole AttachmentsPole Attachments• PayphonePayphone CompensationCompensation

• Unbundled NetworkUnbundled Network ElementsElements• BlockingBlocking• Digital SubscriberDigital Subscriber Line LoopsLine Loops• InterconnectionInterconnection Opt-inOpt-in• ResaleResale

PromotingPromotingCompetition and BroadbandCompetition and Broadband

Major Examples of MediationMajor Examples of Mediation

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SlammingSlamming $1.3 million in sanctions$1.3 million in sanctions

Junk FaxesJunk Faxes $6.5 million; 120 citations$6.5 million; 120 citations

Prerecorded Prerecorded AdvertisementsAdvertisements 26 citations26 citations

Operator DisclosuresOperator Disclosures $6.5 million in sanctions$6.5 million in sanctions

Misleading AdvertisingMisleading Advertising $1 million in sanctions$1 million in sanctions

PromotingPromotingCompetition and BroadbandCompetition and Broadband

Major Consumer Protection ActionsMajor Consumer Protection Actions

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Modernizing the FCCModernizing the FCCTraining Field Agents at the Training Field Agents at the

Federal Law Enforcement Training CenterFederal Law Enforcement Training Center

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Modernizing the FCCModernizing the FCC Inherited Pole Attachment and Cable Rate Complaint Inherited Pole Attachment and Cable Rate Complaint

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