Staff of Ark. PSC recommended agency endorse SBC Sec. 271 entry i...
Staff of Ark. PSC recommended agency endorse SBC Sec. 271 entry into $175 million Ark. interLATA long distance market. PSC will hold hearing April 20 on carrier’s petition. PSC in Dec. found SBC satisfied most of Sec. 271 checklist,…
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but hadn’t met requirements on wholesale rates and terms for competitors or for presence of actual residential local competitors. PSC staff said SBC long distance entry would benefit Ark. consumers and carrier would satisfy Telecom Act rate and term requirement if it offered competitors what it had made available in 3 states where SBC already had approval. Staff said Ark. would meet requirement for actual residential competition because Navigator Telecom of N. Little Rock had 3,400 residential customers in state, even though it wasn’t advertising. SBC already has long distance approval from FCC for Tex., Okla., Kan., and last week filed with Commission for long distance authority in Mo.