FCC shouldn’t let Bells game Sec. 271 process by submitting inade...
FCC shouldn’t let Bells game Sec. 271 process by submitting inadequate petitions, withdrawing them after learning Commission’s concerns and then resubmitting them, ALTS said Thurs. in reply comments on proceeding for Ga. and La. ALTS said BellSouth petition was…
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example, because company withdrew earlier application. Bells “are making a mockery out of the Sec. 271 approval process,” ALTS Pres. John Windhausen said. “It is becoming commonplace for the [Bells] to file an inadequate application just to test the waters at the FCC, then withdraw the application when denial appears imminent and soon thereafter refile it with mere fine-tuning on paper but no real improvement in performance,” he said. BellSouth said it had taken “concrete steps” to resolve issues that had concerned FCC and Dept. of Justice. Company said “important changes” had been made in its operational support systems that “should further facilitate competition by lowering operating costs for new entrants.” FCC is required to act on petition by May 15. BellSouth filed it on Feb. 14, after withdrawing earlier one in Dec.