20090706_2620.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM - 1 -
DECISION MEMORANDUM

TO: COMMISSIONER KEMPTON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
COMMISSIONER REDFORD
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL

FROM: KRISTINE SASSER
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: JUNE 24, 2009

RE: NEUTRAL TANDEM-IDAHO’S APPLICATION FOR A CERTIFICATE
OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; CASE NO. NTM-T-08-
02.

On November 20, 2008, Neutral Tandem-Idaho, LLC (Neutral Tandem) filed an
Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to provide resold and
facilities-based local exchange services. Initially, Staff informed the Company that the services
it sought to provide did not require Commission oversight. The Company has since submitted
revised tariff language that Staff believes falls within the Commission’s jurisdiction. The
Company intends to deploy its own switching platform facilities in collocated sites throughout
Idaho and lease fiber optic facilities. Where the Company lacks facilities and where customer
demand warrants, Neutral Tandem may resell the services of the underlying carrier.
The Company initially intends to target business service customers in the Qwest
service areas where facilities permit and does not intend to provide services in areas of any small
or rural local exchange carriers.
Neutral Tandem is a wholly owned subsidiary of Neutral Tandem, Inc. and is
incorporated in Delaware with authorization to do business as a foreign limited liability company
in the State of Idaho. The Company will not have a principal business address in Idaho, but its
registered agent for service of process is listed as Corporation Service Company, in Boise.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Application be processed by Modified Procedure with a
21-day comment period.
DECISION MEMORANDUM - 2 -
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to process Neutral Tandem’s Application for a Certificate
of Public Convenience and Necessity by Modified Procedure?

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