CompTel said FCC should force Verizon to reveal data from indepen...
CompTel said FCC should force Verizon to reveal data from independent audit conducted 6 months ago in N.Y. state. In Jan. 3 letter to FCC, CompTel said Sec. 272 of Telecom Act required that after Bell company entered long…
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distance market, it had to undergo independent audit every 2 years that measured its compliance with structural and nondiscrimination safeguards spelled out in that section. However, CompTel complained, when Verizon filed its first biennial audit report with FCC more than 6 months ago, much of it was redacted. Without access to data in report, discrimination against competitive carriers can’t be proved, CompTel said. After audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers was filed with FCC in June, CompTel said it sent letter in Aug. urging Commission to order Verizon to disclose complete audit results. “In order to comply with its statutory obligations under Sec. 272(d), the Commission must address CompTel’s opposition to Verizon’s unilateral redaction of certain audit results, particularly special access performance data,” CompTel said in latest letter. CompTel said some of redacted information related to apparent violations of Sec. 272 requirements. Verizon spokesman said company is “in full compliance with Sec. 272.” He said regulators, who signed non-disclosure agreements, have access to information CompTel seeks. However, redacted information is “customer specific” so it shouldn’t be widely distributed.