FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION July 2, 2012 ..JULIUS GENACHOWSKI CHAIRMAN The Honorable John F. Kerry United States Senate 218 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D. C. 20510 Dear Senator Kerry: Thank you for your letter supporting the petition for declaratory ruling filed by SoundBite Communications, Inc. I value your views on this issue. Your letter will be included in the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission's review. SoundBite's petition, as you discuss in your letter, requests a declaratory ruling that sending a one-time text message confirming a consumer's request to opt-out of future text messages does not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau placed SoundBite's petition on Public Notice for comment on March 30, 2012. The public comment period closed recently and I look forward to receiving the Bureau's recommendation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. 445 12n-i STREET S.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 • 202-418-1000 ..JULIUS GENACHOWSKI CHAIRMAN FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION July 2,2012 The Honorable Scott P. Brown United States Senate 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Brown: Thank you for your letter supporting the petition for declaratory ruling filed by SoundBite Communications, Inc. I value your views on this issue. Your letter will be included in the record of the proceeding and considered as part of the Commission's review. SoundBite's petition, as you discuss in your letter, requests a declaratory ruling that sending a one-time text message confirming a consumer's request to opt-out of future text messages does not violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau placed SoundBite's petition on Public Notice for comment on March 30, 2012. The public comment period closed recently and I look forward to receiving the Bureau's recommendation. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. .' lius Genachowski 445 12T1-1 STREET S.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554 • 202-418-1000