In the Matter of the Application of Southwestern Bell )
Telephone Company, d/b/a AT&T Missouri, for )
Approval
of an Amendment to an Interconnection ) File
No. IK-2015-0068
Agreement Under the Telecommunications Act of )
1996. )
Issue Date: September 12, 2014 Effective Date: September 12, 2014
This order provides notice of this application to interested parties, establishes a deadline for intervention and for requesting a hearing, and joins the other party to the interconnection agreement, Cincinnati Bell Any Distance Inc. (“Cincinnati Bell”), as a party to this proceeding.
On September 11, 2014, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, d/b/a AT&T Missouri (“AT&T Missouri”) filed an application with the Commission for approval of an amendment to its interconnection agreement with Cincinnati Bell under the provisions of the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996. AT&T Missouri states that there are no unresolved issues and that the amendment to the agreement complies with Section 252(e) of the Act in that it is consistent with the public interest, convenience and necessity, and is not discriminatory to nonparty carriers.
Although Cincinnati Bell is a party to the agreement, it did not join in the application. Because Cincinnati Bell is a necessary party to a full and fair adjudication of this matter, the Commission will add Cincinnati Bell as a party to this case.
The Act provides that an interconnection or resale agreement must be approved unless the state commission finds that the agreement discriminates against a telecommunications carrier not a party to the agreement, or that implementation of the agreement is not consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity.[1] Section 252(e)(4) of the Act provides that if the Commission has not approved an agreement within 90 days after submission, the agreement shall be deemed approved. The Commission finds that proper persons shall be allowed 15 days from the issuance of this order to file a motion for hearing. The Commission also finds that notice of this application shall be sent to all interexchange and local exchange telecommunications companies.
THE COMMISSION ORDERS THAT:
1.
The Commission’s
2. Cincinnati Bell Any Distance Inc. is made a party to this case.
3. Any party wishing to intervene or request a hearing shall do so by filing a pleading no later than September 26, 2014, with:
Morris L. Woodruff, Secretary
Missouri Public Service Commission
Post Office Box 360
Or by using the Commission’s electronic filing and information service.
4. The Staff of the Commission shall file a recommendation advising either approval or rejection of this agreement and giving the reasons therefor no later than October 14, 2014.
5. This order shall become effective upon issuance.
BY THE
COMMISSION
Morris L. Woodruff
Secretary
Morris L. Woodruff, Chief Regulatory
Law Judge, by delegation of authority
pursuant to Section 386.240, RSMo 2000.
Dated
at
on this 12th day of September 2014.