AT&T Asks FCC for Authority to Discontinue Services in 16 States

On February 16, 2011, AT&T filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission on behalf of its affiliate, Pacific Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T California (AT&T California) requesting authority, under section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934 to discontinue certain domestic telecommunications services throughout the AT&T service territory in California.

On February 17, 2011, AT&T filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission on behalf of its affiliate, BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. d/b/a AT&T Southeast requesting authority, under section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934 to discontinue certain domestic telecommunications services throughout the AT&T service territories in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

On February 16, 2011, AT&T filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission on behalf of its affiliates, Illinois Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Illinois, Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc. d/b/a AT&T Indiana, Michigan Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Michigan, The Ohio Bell Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Ohio, The Southern New England Telephone Company d/b/a AT&T Connecticut and Wisconsin Bell, Inc. d/b/a AT&T Wisconsin (AT&T Affiliates), requesting authority, under section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended to discontinue certain domestic telecommunications services throughout the AT&T service territories in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin