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Ward, FCC (received July 28, 1999) (requests waiver for its caller ID device, Model No. LW2781); letter from Richard Mullen, Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, to David O. Ward, FCC (received June 2, 1999) (requests waiver for its Panasonic SS Cordless Telephone System, Models KXTC1850(XX), and KXTG2550(XX)); letter from Brad Dicks, Nortel Networks, to David O. Ward, FCC (received June 29, 1999) (requests waiver for its Model NT2N63xxyy telephone equipment); letter from James R. Haynes, Uniden Engineering Services, to David O. Ward, FCC (received June 23, 1999) (requests waiver for its Models EXT1960(XX), EXT1900(XX) and PAC1960(XX) cordless telephones); and letter from Lawrence Ching, VTECH Communications Ltd., to David O. Ward, FCC (received July 21, 1999) (requests waiver for its 900 MHz spread spectrum cordless speakerphone with caller ID, models VTECH 1733 and Sprint 1733). Stutter  xAdial tone is a series of short separate tones produced by the telephone company's central  xswitching office that alerts a voice mail subscriber that he or she has voice mail. The Petitioners'  xdevices automatically check for the presence of stutter dial tone and, if detected, cause a light to  xblink to alert the subscriber of the waiting voice mail message. For the reasons discussed below, we grant Petitioners' waiver requests.  X 4 e r2.` ` All terminal equipment sold in the United States and connected to the public" ` >+((rr"  X4 x"switched telephone network must be registered under Part 68 of the Commission's rules.rw- yOy'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э 47 C.F.R.  68.2. r The  xPart 68 registration process requires testing of the device to demonstrate that it conforms to Part  X4 x68 requirements, so as to prevent harm to the public switched telephone network (PSTN).Xw- {O'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э See FCC Form 730, Application Guide, Revision C 273 (March 1997). Once  x&the equipment tests show that the applicant's device meets the Part 68 requirements, a registration  xlnumber is issued, and the device may be sold in the United States. A waiver of one or more  xRportions of Part 68 does not excuse an applicant from this testing process, and the waiver of  x+Section 68.312(i) sought by the Petitioners would allow them to submit their stutter dial tone devices for Part 68 testing, pursuant to the conditions that are contained in this Order.  X14 e 3.` ` On September 28, 1995, the Commission's Common Carrier Bureau released an  xorder granting eight parties waivers of Section 68.312(i) of the Commission's rules to offer  X 4 xsimilar devices. w- {O'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э Part 68 Waiver Request of Alameda Engineering, Inc., Order, 10 FCC Rcd 12135 (Com. Car. Bur. 1995)  {Oh'(Alameda Order). The waivers were granted subject to eight conditions.  Fw- yO'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э Stutter dial tone detection devices must: (1) perform no periodic testing for stutter dial tone; (2) make an offhook stutter dial tone check no more than once after a subscriber completes a call, and complete the check no earlier than 4 seconds and no later than 30 seconds after the subscriber hangsup; (3) make an offhook stutter dial tone check after an unanswered call no more than once and do so within 4 minutes after the call; (4) perform no offhook stutter dial tone checks after an unanswered incoming call if the visual message indicator is already lit; (5) take the line offhook for no more than 2.1 seconds per stutter dial tone check; (6) synchronize offhook checks when multiple stutter dial tone detection and visual signalling devices are attached to the same line so that only one check is made per calling event for a single line; (7) not block dial tone to a subscriber attempting to initiate a call as an offhook stutter dial tone detection check is occurring; and (8) not use more than 8 microamps of direct current (DC) from subscriber line loop, except that the devices may draw loop DC  {O'sufficient to make authorized offhook checks. Id. at 12141.  In the Alameda Order,  X 4 xthe Common Carrier Bureau invited other parties able to meet these conditions to file petitions  X 4 xcfor waiver of Section 68.312(i) for their stutter dial tone detection devices.t w- {O0'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э Id. at 12141 n.73.t Since the Alameda  X 4Order was released, we have granted waivers to numerous Petitioners.  :w- yO'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э Part 68 Waiver Requests of ConsumerWare, Inc., Fans Telecom, Inc., Marstech Limited, and Viking  {Ou 'Electronics, Inc., Order, 11 FCC Rcd 3040 (Com. Car. Bur. 1996); Part 68 Waiver Request of Practical  {O?!'Telephony Corporation, Order, 11 FCC Rcd 5365 (Com. Car. Bur. 1996); Part 68 Waiver Requests of SNI  {O "'Innovation and Xinex Networks, Order, 11 FCC Rcd 13824 (Com. Car. Bur. 1996); Part 68 Waiver Requests of Big Island Communications, Inc., Maxon America Inc., Mitel Corporation, Morco Enterprises, SoloPoint, Inc.,  {O#'and TT Systems Corporation, Order, 12 FCC Rcd 950 (Com. Car. Bur. 1997); Part 68 Waiver Request of  {Oe$'Northern Telecom, Order, 12 FCC Rcd 1831 (Com. Car. Bur. 1997); Part 68 Waiver Request of Ameriphone,  {O/%'Inc., Order, 12 FCC Rcd 4941 (Com. Car. Bur. 1997); Part 68 Waiver Request of Lucent Technologies, Inc.,  {O%'Order, 12 FCC Rcd 6015 (Com. Car. Bur. 1997); Part 68 Waiver Request of Casio Phonemate, Inc., Order, 13"%>+V'V'%" FCC Rcd 7864 (Com. Car. Bur. 1998); Part 68 Waiver Request of Aastra Technologies, Inc., Cybiotronics, Ltd.,  {OX'Matsushita Electric Corp. of America, and Northern Telecom, Inc., Order, 13 FCC Rcd 9053 (Com. Car. Bur.  yO"'1998); Part 68 Waiver Request of Ampac Telecom, Inc., Northern Telecom, Inc., and Unical Enterprises, Inc.,  {O'Order, 13 FCC Rcd 2912 (Com. Car. Bur. 1998), Part 68 Waiver Request of InteliData Technologies  {O'Corporation and Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., Order, 13 FCC Rcd 10940 (Com. Car. Bur. 1998); Part 68 Waiver Request of Ampac Telecom, Inc., Northern Telecom, Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., and  {OF'Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Order, 13 FCC Rcd 16830 (Com. Car. Bur. 1998); Part 68 Waiver Request of  {O'Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., Order, 13 FCC Rcd 19611 (Com. Car. Bur. 1998); Part 68 Waiver Request of Home Wireless Networks, Inc., Matsushita Electric Corp. of America, Nor Pac Group, Thomson Consumer  {O'Electronics, Inc., and Tottori Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Order, DA 99176 (Com. Car. Bur. January 19, 1999); Part 68 Waiver Request of Cybiotronics, Ltd., Integrated Display Technologies, Ltd., Nortel Networks,  {O4 'RadioShack, Sprint Products Group, Inc, and Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., Order, DA 99352 (Com. Car. Bur. February 19, 1999); and Part 68 Waiver Request of Cybiotronics, Ltd., Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, Nor Pac Group, Inc., RadioShack, Thompson Consumer Electronics, Inc., VTECH Communications  {O 'Ltd. and VTECH Engineering Canada, Ltd., Order, DA 991003 (Com. Car. Bur. May 27, 1999). " X >+V'V'rr "Ԍ X4 e ԙ4.` ` The Commission may waive any provision of its rules if good cause for a waiver  X4 xcis shown.X w- yO'#X\  P6G;ɒP##X\  P6G;ɒP#э 47 C.F.R.  1.3. Under the relevant case law, the applicant has the burden showing good cause for a  X4 xwaiver: "[a]n applicant [for a waiver] faces a high hurdle even at the starting gate." w- {Ok'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э WAIT Radio v. FCC, 418 F.2d 1153, 1157 (D.C. Cir. 1969).  X4 x<Nevertheless, an agency must take a "hard look" at applications for waiverY zw- {O'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э Id.Y and must consider  X4 xMall relevant factors.  w- {Oa'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe, 401 U.S. 402, 416 (1971). An agency must adhere strictly to its rules unless a party can show "reasons  X4 x<why in the public interest the rule should be waived." w- {O'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э FPC v. Texaco Inc., 377 U.S. 33, 39 (1964). Finally, "[t]he agency must explain why  x/deviation better serves the public interest and articulate the nature of the special circumstances  X_4to prevent discriminatory application and to put future parties on notice as to its operation." _0w- {O@'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э Northeast Cellular Telephone Company, L.P. v. FCC, 897 F.2d 1164, 1166 (D.C. Cir. 1990).  X14 e 5.` ` We stated in the Alameda Order that the introduction of innovative customer  xpremises equipment that increases choice for consumers and improves the value to the customer  X 4 x of a particular service serves the public interest. w- {Ox"'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э Alameda Order, 10 FCC Rcd at 12139. The Petitioners have certified that their devices  X 4 x will conform to the eight conditions specified in the Alameda Order, and we conclude the devices  xfor which Petitioners seek waiver are similar to the devices manufactured by the parties granted  X 4 xwaivers in the Alameda Order. Thus, we conclude, for the same reasons that were contained in  X 4 xpthe Alameda Order, that Petitioners have shown good cause for granting the requested waiver. " T>+V'V'rr"  xyBecause Petitioners have certified that the devices they have designed using stutter dial tone  xEdetection will conform to the conditions specified in that order, we conclude that the devices  xIshould be submitted for Part 68 conformance testing to prove that they will pose no harm to the PSTN.  X4 e 6.` ` We note, however, that VoiceWaves, Inc. and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.  Xv4 xhave filed petitions for reconsideration of the Alameda Order.vw- yO'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э In its petition for reconsideration, VoiceWaves asks the Bureau to eliminate the 30second maximum contained in the condition allowing a device to make an automatic check for stutter dial tone no earlier than 4 seconds and no later than 30 seconds after a voice mail subscriber completes a call and hangs up on the line to which the device is attached. VoiceWaves also asks the Bureau to impose an additional condition requiring that stutter dial tone detection devices not interfere with other registered devices, such as facsimile machines and modems, attached to the same line. SBC's petition for reconsideration asks the Bureau to require any party seeking waiver for a stutter dial tone detection device to submit its device to an impartial testing agency for  {Og 'certification that the device complies with the conditions imposed in the Alameda Order prior to the Bureau's  {O1'granting its waiver request.  See Commission Seeks Comment on VoiceWaves Petition for Reconsideration of  {O'Order Granting Part 68 Waiver for Stutter Dial Tone Detection Devices, Public Notice, DA 952443 (Dec. 8, 1995). Thus, although we grant the  xPetitioners' waiver requests, our decision herein will be subject to any changes that may be  xRrequired by the Commission's decision on reconsideration. Parties failing to comply with the  X34Commission's reconsideration order may have their stutter dial tone registration revoked.3. w- {O'#X\  P6G;ɒP#э See Petition to Amend Part 68 of the Commission's Rules to Include Terminal Equipment Connected to Basic Rate Access Service Provided via Integrated Services Digital Network Access Technology, Petition to Amend Part 68 of the Commission's Rules to Include Terminal Equipment Connected to Public Switched Digital  {Ol'Service, Report and Order, 11 FCC Rcd 5091, 50995101 (1996). This Report and Order adds Section 68.211 to the Commission's rules, which allows the Commission to revoke Part 68 registrations for noncompliance with its rulings.  X '2 ORDERING CLAUSES Đ\  X 4 e 7.` ` Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED, pursuant to authority delegated in Sections 0.91  xWand 0.291 of the Commission's rules, 47 C.F.R.  0.91, 0.291, and Section 1.3 of the  xCommission's Rules, 47 C.F.R.  1.3, that the requests for waiver of Section 68.312(i) of the  xrules, 47 C.F.R.  68.312(i), by Long Well Electronics Corp., Matsushita Electric Corp. of  xAmerica, Nortel Networks, Uniden Engineering Services, and VTECH Communications Limited ARE GRANTED to the extent stated herein.  X64 e 8.` ` IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petitions for waiver ARE GRANTED  xgSUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: that the stutter dial tone detection devices (1)  x<perform no periodic testing for stutter dial tone; (2) make an offhook stutter dial tone check no  xmore than once after a subscriber terminates a call, and complete the check no earlier than 4  xseconds and no later than 30 seconds after the subscriber hangs up; (3) make an offhook stutter  xdial tone check after an unanswered call no more than once and do so within 4 minutes after the">+V'V'rr"  xcall; (4) perform no offhook stutter dial tone checks after an unanswered incoming call if the  xvisual message indicator is already lit; (5) take the line offhook for no more than 2.1 seconds">+V'V'rr"  xper stutter dial tone check; (6) synchronize offhook checks when multiple stutter dial tone  xydetection and visual signalling devices are attached to the same line so that only one check is  xmade per calling event for a single line; (7) do not block dial tone to a subscriber attempting to  xRinitiate a call as an offhook stutter dial tone detection check is occurring; and (8) do not use  xmore than 8 microamps of direct current (DC) from subscriber line loop, except that the devices may draw loop DC sufficient to make authorized offhook checks.  X_4 e 9.` ` IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the petitions for waiver ARE GRANTED  XH4 xSUBJECT TO THE COMMISSION'S DECISION ON RECONSIDERATION of the Alameda  X34Order, 10 FCC Rcd 12135 (Com. Car. Bur. 1995). ` `  hhCFEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION ` `  hhCKurt A. Schroeder ` `  hhCDeputy Chief, Network Services Division ` `  hhCCommon Carrier Bureau