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Video Dialtone Application Series
Thirty video dialtone applications have been filed to date. Other applications are expected and will be made available by Information Gatekeepers Group when they have been filed.

1. C&P Telephone, Arlington, VA, one-year FCC authorization granted on March 25, 1993. Technical trial to 280 subscribers is underway and was due to end March 23, 1994. Bell Atlantic was granted Special Temporary Authority on March 21, 1994 to extend the technical trial for six months, until September 25, 1994. An amendment to permit a market trial for 2000 homes has been received. Public notice period on amendment ended December 27, 1993. Three oppositions were filed. Code VDTF01 $75.00

2. New York Telephone, New York, NY, authorization granted June 29, 1993. Technical trial launched in January 1994. Petition for Reconsideration has been filed by the City of New York and is being reviewed by the Common Carrier Bureau. Project is scheduled to offer trial services to 2,500 apartments in three Manhattan apartment buildings. Code VDTF02 $75.00

3. Southern New England Telephone, West Hartford, CT, authorization for a technical and marketing trial was unopposed and was granted November 12, 1993. Public notice period on an amendment to expand the trial to pass 150,000 ended January 21, 1994. Three opposition petitions received. Code VDTF03 $75.00

4. U S West, Omaha, NE, authorization granted December 22, 1993. Technical trial to 2500 homes on a non-tariffed basis. Market trial is to 60,000 homes on a tariffed basis. A Petition for Reconsideration has been filed. Code VDTF04 $75.00

5. New Jersey Bell Telephone, Florham Park, NJ, application under consideration. Pleading cycle completed October 19, 1993. Together with the Dover Township application, fifty pleadings, including nine oppositions, filed. Also, along with the Dover Township applications, this as the first application for fully tariffed commercial service, in this case to 11,700 homes. Code VDTF05 $75.00

6. New Jersey Bell Telephone, Dover Township, NJ, application under consideration. Pleading cycle completed October 19, 1993. Together with the Florham Park application, fifty pleadings, including nine oppositions, filed. Also along with the Florham Park application, this is the first application for a fully tariffed commercial service, in this case to 38,000 homes. Code VDTF06 $75.00

7. Rochester Telephone, Rochester, NY, amended application for a technical and marketing trial to 120 homes granted with conditions and released March 25, 1994. Code VDTF07 $75.00

8. C&P Telephone, Maryland and Virginia, portions of Washington LATA, application under consideration. Public notice period ended February 11, 1994. Three oppositions were filed. Proposal is for a tariffed permanent commercial service. On June 16, 1994, C&P Telephone filed an amendment to expand coverage to include portions of Washington, DC, and portions of Prince Georges and Howard Counties, MD. The amendment expands coverage for the entire application to a total of 1.2 million home-passed. The 30-day public notice period for the amendment begins on June 29, 1994. Code VDTF08 $75.00

9. Pacific Bell, Orange County, CA, public notice period ended February 11, 1994. Six oppositions were filed. This application is for a tariffed permanent commercial service to 210,000 homes. Code VDTF09 $75.00

10. Pacific Bell, Southern San Francisco Bay, CA, public notice period ended February 11, 1994. Six oppositions were filed. This application is for a tariffed permanent commercial service in the San Jose area to 490,000 homes. Code VDTF10 $75.00

11. Pacific Bell, Los Angeles, CA, public notice period ended February 11, 1994. Eight oppositions were filed. This application is for a tariffed permanent commercial service to 360,000 homes. Code VDTF11 $75.00

12. Pacific Bell, San Diego, CA, public notice period ended February 11, 1994. eight oppositions were filed. This application is for a tariffed permanent commercial service to 250,000 homes. Code VDTF12 $75.00

13. U S West, Denver, CO, filed January 10, 1994, for a tariffed permanent commercial service to 300,000 homes. Three oppositions were filed. Code VDTF13 $75.00

14. U S West, Portland, OR, filed January 24, 1994, for a tariffed permanent commercial service to 132,000 residential and business customers. Public notice period ended March 4, 1994. Four oppositions were filed. Code VDTF14 $75.00

15. U S West, Minneapolis-St. Paul, filed January 24, 1994, for a tariffed permanent commercial service to 292,000 residential and business customers. Public notice period ended March 4, 1994. Four oppositions were filed. Code VDTF15 $75.00

16. Ameritech, Detroit, MI, filed January 31, 1994, for a tariffed permanent commercial service to 232,000 homes. Public notice period ended March 11, 1994. Six oppositions filed. VDTF16 $75.00

17. Ameritech, Columbus and Cleveland, OH, filed January 31, 1994, for a tariffed commercial service to 262,000 homes. Public notice period ended March 11, 1994. Six oppositions were filed. VDTF17 $75.00

18. Ameritech, Indianapolis, IN, filed January 31, 1994, for a tariffed permanent commercial service to 115,000 homes. Public notice period ended March 11, 1994. Six oppositions were filed. VDTF18 $75.00

19. Ameritech, Chicago, IL, filed January 31, 1994, for a tariffed permanent commercial service to 501,000 homes. Public notice period ended March 11, 1994. Six oppositions were filed. VDTF19 $75.00

20. Ameritech, Milwaukee, WI, for a tariffed permanent commercial service to 146,000 homes. Public notice period ended March 11, 1994. Six oppositions were filed. VDTF20 $75.00

21. U S West, Boise, ID, for a tariffed permanent commercial service to 90,000 homes. Public noticed ended April 22, 1994. VDTF21 $75.00

22. U S West, Salt Lake City, UT, for a tariffed permanent commercial service to 160,000 homes. Public notice period ended April 22, 1994. VDTF22 $75.00

23. Puerto Rico Telephone Company technical trial to 380 customers. Public notice period ended May 20, 1994. VDTF23 $75.00

24. Contel of Virginia Inc., doing business as GTE Virginia, for service in Manassas, VA. Thirty-day public notice period began June 2, 1994. Commercial service to 90,000 homes passed. VDTF24 $75.00

25. GTE Florida for service in Pinellas County and Pasco County (near Tampa/St. Petersburg). 30-day public notice period began June 2. Commercial service to 476,000 homes passed. VDTF25 $75.00

26. GTE California, for service in Ventura County, CA. 30-day public notice period began June 2, 1994. Commercial service to 122,000 homes passed. VDTF26 $75.00

27. GTE Hawaiian Telephone Company, for service in Honolulu, HI, area. 30-day public notice period began June 2, 1994. Commercial service to 296,000 homes passed. VDTF27 $75.00

28. Bell Atlantic, for authority to provide commercial video dialtoneservice in five areas of Baltimore, Northern New Jersey, Philadelphia/Delaware Valley, Pittsburgh, and Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Hampton. In all, the proposal covers 2 million homes passed. The 30-day public notice period began June 29, 1994. VDTF28 $75.00

29. BellSouth, Atlanta, GA. VDTF29 $75.00

30. NYNEX, Boston, MA. VDTF30 $75.00

31. NYNEX, Rhode Island. VDTF31 $75.00

32. NYNEX, Sprint, North Carolina VDT32 $75.00

33. U S West, Des Moines, IA VDT33 $75.00

34. U S West, Cedar Rapids, IA VDT34 $75.00

35. U S West, Colorado Springs, CO VDT35 $75.00

36. U S West, Albuquerque,NM VDT36 $75.00

37. Bell Atlantic, Dover, NJ, VDT $125.00

38. Bell Atlantic, Arlington, VA, VDT38 $125.00