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Home My WebLink About19970716Comments.docWELDON B. STUTZMAN DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION PO BOX 83720 BOISE, IDAHO 83720-0074 (208) 334-0318 Street Address for Express Mail: 472 W WASHINGTON BOISE ID 83702-5983 Attorney for the Commission Staff BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF THE JOINT APPLICA- ) TION OF AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC. ) CASE NO. GTE-T-97-7 AND GTE NORTHWEST INCORPORATED ) FOR APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT FOR ) INTERCONNECTION PURSUANT TO 47 ) COMMENTS OF THE U.S.C.  252(e). ) COMMISSION STAFF __________________________________________ ) COMES NOW the Staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, by and through its Attorney of record, Weldon B. Stutzman, Deputy Attorney General, in response to the Notice of Application and Notice of Modified Procedure in Case No. GTE-T-97-7 issued June 25, 1997, submits the following comments. On June 5, 1997, GTE Northwest Incorporated (GTE) filed an Application for approval of an interconnection agreement with AT&T Wireless Services, Inc. (AT&T). The Agreement, which was reached through voluntary negotiations without resorting to mediation or arbitration, provides for GTE and AT&T to interconnect their facilities and interchange traffic. In its application for approval, GTE asserts that the Agreement does not discriminate against other telecommunications carriers and that it is consistent with the public interest, convenience, and necessity. Staff has reviewed the Agreement and finds that it mirrors the Agreement between GTE and Sprint Spectrum in Case No. GTE-T-97-6/SPS-T-97-2. That agreement was submitted and approved by the Commission on July 9, 1997. As with the Sprint Spectrum Agreement, Staff believes that the GTE/AT&T Agreement is in the public interest and should be approved. DATED at Boise, Idaho, this day of July 1997. _______________________________ Weldon B. Stutzman Deputy Attorney General _______________________________ Joe Cusick, Supervisor Telecommunications Division ws:JWC/umsic/comments\gtet97710.ws STAFF COMMENTS 1 JULY 16, 1997