Verizon Tues. withdrew its pending Sec. 271 application for N.J.,...
Verizon Tues. withdrew its pending Sec. 271 application for N.J., telling FCC it needed to address some “procedural concerns” relating to recent increases in nonrecurring charges to CLECs for “hot cutovers” of customers from Verizon to CLEC service. Verizon…
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said it had met checklist, charged some of lowest interconnection and UNE rates in country and achieved first “perfect” score on 3rd party OSS test. Verizon said it would address hot cut issue and would refile promptly, which would start Sec. 271 clock all over again. CLEC AT&T said Verizon was forced to withdraw in face of certain rejection because its problems with hot cuts went beyond mere procedural issues. Hot cut is process used to disconnect line over which customer already is receiving service and to connect it to another carrier’s switch. FCC Chmn. Powell said that “despite extensive conversation and collaboration on this application, questions remain regarding whether Verizon satisfied the rigorous substantive requirements of the [Sec. 271] statute and the FCC’s precedents.” FCC also cited “omission of critical evidence” in application. Verizon filed its N.J. long distance application with FCC Dec. 20. Both N.J. Board of Public Utilities and Dept. of Justice endorsed application.