20170616Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER ISELLAIIDER
COMMISSIONER RAPER
C OMMISSIONER AI\DERSON
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:DAPHNE HUAI\G
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DATE: JUIIE 12,2017
ST'BJECT APPLICATTON OF NATIyE NETWORTI rNC. FOR REGISTRATION ASA WIIOLESALE TELECOMMUIYICATIONS PRO\TIDER IN IDAHO,
CASE NO. NNI.T-17-01
On March 2, 2017, Native Network, Inc. filed an Application with the Commission,
per Procedural Order No. 32277 and IDAPA 31.01.01.114, for registration or certification as a
wholesale provider of telecommunications service in Idaho.
THE APPLICATION
Native is a corporation organized in the State of Washington and lists its main
business address as Wenatchee, Washington. Application at 1. Idaho's Secretary of State
certified that Native was authorizedto transact business in Idaho as of December 27,2016. Id.,
Exhibit Aat7. Native lists CT Corporation, 921 S. Orchard Street, Suite G, Boise, Idaho 83705,
as its registered agent in ldaho. Id. atZ.
Native "is in the process of negotiating an interconnection agreement [with] Frontier
Communications." Id. at 2. Native "agrees to comply with rules applicable to competitive
wholesale providers of local telecommunications services." Id. at 3. Also, Native agrees "it will
be subject to numbering conservation measures, including mandatory one thousand block
pooling, donation back to the pool of unused or underutilized thousand number blocks, and
submission of applicable utilization/forecast reports at the one thousand block level for each rate
center within its service territory." Id. at 3.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Commission process Native's Application under Modified
Procedure with a 2l-day comment period.
DECISION MEMORANDUM
COMMISSION DECISION
Does the Commission wish to process Native's Application under Modified
Procedure with a Zl-day corn:nent period?
Huang
Depu8 AttomeJ
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