CLECs and their trade organizations urged FCC to retain and possi...
CLECs and their trade organizations urged FCC to retain and possibly improve “most-favored-nation” (MFN) conditions that it placed on mergers of Bell Atlantic-GTE and SBC-Ameritech. In comments filed April 30, groups that included Assn. of Communications Enterprises (ASCENT), CompTel…
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and several individual telcos, urged Commission not to waive MFN conditions as suggested by Verizon. MFN conditions require ILECs to make portions of their interconnection agreements with CLECs available to any other requesting CLECs. Verizon asked FCC on Feb. 20 to clarify that MFN condition on Verizon’s merger didn’t apply to reciprocal compensation for Internet-bound traffic. “Merger conditions, including the MFN merger condition, continue to be necessary to limit the ability of the merged entities to engage in anticompetitive conduct,” ASCENT said. CompTel, joined by Advanced Telecom Group and KMC Telecom, said MFN condition should be clarified “so that Verizon and SBC understand that they encompass all Communications Act requirements, including Sec. 252(b) obligations.” CompTel charged that both Bell companies had tried to “frustrate the utility of the merger conditions.”