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November 9,2011
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Ms. Jean Jewell, Secretar
Idaho Public Utilties Commission
472 West Washington State House
Boise,ID .83720-0074
Re: Spectrotel, Inc. d/b/a OneTouch Communications d/b/a Touch Base Communications
Amended Application to Provide Facilties-Based Local Exchange and Resale
Interexchange Service Docket # TF-2011-0117
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed for fiing please find one original and three (3) copies of the amended application and
proposed tariffs submitted on behalf of Spectrotel, Inc. d//a OneTouch Communications d//a Touch
Base Communications This amended fiing incorporates changes requested by Staff.
The Exhibits were already submitted to the Commission with its initial application filing submitted on
October 15,2011.
Any questions you may have regarding this fiing may be directed to my attention at [phone]
or vit e-mail atsthoma~tminc.com.
Please acknowledge receipt of this filing by returning one copy of this transmittal letter date stamped
in the self addressed stamped envelope enclosed for that purpose. Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Sharon Thomas
Consultant to Spectrotel, Inc.
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Enclosure
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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
Application of )
Spectrotel, Inc. d/b/a OneTouch Communications )d/b/a Touch Base Communications )
Provide Facilities-based and Resale Local Exchange )
Services Throughout Idaho )
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Case No.:
APPLICATION FOR
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO PROVIE
FACILITIES-BASED AND RESALE LOCAL AND
RESALE INTEREXCBANGE TELECOMMUICATIONS SERVICES
Pursuant to Title 62 of the Idaho Code and IDAPA 31.01.111, Spectrotel, Inc. d/b/a OneTouch
Communications d/b/a Touch Base Communications ("Spectrotel") respectflly requests that the Idaho
Public Utilties Commission ("Commission") to grant the Company a Certificate of Public Convenience
and Necessity to provide facilties-based and resold local exchange and resold interexchange
telecommunications services within the State of Idaho.
In support of its Application, Spectrotel submits the following:
I. Introduction
Spectrotel is requesting authority to provide basic resold and facilities-based local exchange
services throughout the state of Idaho in all exchanges not exempt from competition as well as
intrastate interexchange services statewide.
Spectrotel proposes to provide local and interexchange telecommunications service to business
and residential customers. Spectrotel plans to offer service through UNE-P facilities and resale
arrangements with incumbent local exchange carriers. Applicant wil not provide operator
assisted services; Applicant's underlying carrier wil handle calls that require operator assistance.
Emergency calls placed by dialing 911 wil not be routed to or handled by Spectrotel. Such calls
wil be routed through the underlying carrier to the appropriate emergency agency serving the
originating location. Spectrotel sets the rates for its services and handles its own customer service.
All services are offered twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week.
Idaho Local Application of
Spectrotel, Inc. d/b/a OneTouch Communications d//a Touch Base Communications
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II. Form of Business:
(a) Spectrotel, Inc. d/b/a OneTouch Communications d//a Touch Base Communications is
incorporated in the State of Delaware. The main address of the corporation is:
Spectrotel, Inc.
d//a OneTouch Communications d//a Touch Base Communications
3535 State Highway 66, Suite 7
Neptune, NJ 07753
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Toll Free: [phone] (Bus)/[phone] (Resi)
Website: ww.spectroteLcom
(b) All correspondence, notices, inquiries and other communications regarding this
Application should be addressed to:
Sharon Thomas
Consultant to Spectrotel, Inc.
d/b/a OneTouch Communications d/b/a Touch Base Communications
Technologies Management, Inc.
2600 Maitland Center Parkway, Suite 300
Maitland, Florida 32751
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: sthomas~tminc.com
(c) The Applicant is a Delaware corporation on February 29, 2000 and is authorized by the
Idaho Secretary of State to transact business within the State of Idaho.
The Company's Registered Agent in Idaho is:
National Registered Agents, Inc.
1423 Tyrell Lane
Boise, ID 83706
(d) Offcers and Directors
Offcers and Directors of Spectrotel, Inc. d/b/a OneTouch Communications d/b/a Touch
Base Communications are provided as Exhibit C.
(e) Stockholders
Stockholders holding a 5% or greater interest in the Company are provided as Exhibit D.
Idaho Local Application of
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III. Description of Service
The Applicant anticipates it wil begin to provide service as soon as this application is approved
by the Commission. Spectrotel proposes to provide facilities-based and resold local exchange and
resold interexchange services through the combination of its own facilities and the resale of other
carriers' facilities and network elements. The Company intends to offer service immediately upon
certification and approval of its interconnection agreement.
Spectrotel intends to offer service in the geographic areas currently served by Qwest Corporation
dba Century Link QC. Spectrotel wil mirror the basic local callng scopes of the incumbent local
exchange companies.
IV. Financial, Technical and Managerial Qualifications
Spectrotel possesses the managerial, technical and financial abilty to provide local
telecommunications service in the state of Idaho. Spectrotel has the financial resources to enable
the Company to successfully provide local and interexchange telecommunications service in the
state of Idaho and the management team in place to manage this operations.
IV.A. Financial Qualifications
(a) Spectrotel is financially and otherwise capable and qualified to offer and maintain all of
its tariffed services in its territories. Spectrotel is providing the financial statements of the
Company (Exhibit E) as proof of its financial abilty to provide service within the state
of Idaho.
(b) As a UNE-P CLEC, Spectrotel wil not build facilities and wil not incur any additional
capital expenditures associated with providing service in the State. Nor wil Spectrotel
require additional sources of funding for its State operations during its initial phase.
IV.B. Managerial Qualifications
(a) Spectrotel has an excellent senior management team, backed by experienced employees,
who are competent in telephony engineering, operations and marketing. Attached hereto
as Exhibit F are the biographies of the Spectrotel senior management team.
Idaho Local Application of
Spectrotel, Inc. d//a OneTouch Communications d/b/a Touch Base Communications
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(a)
(b)
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Technical Qualifications
SpectroteI's services wil satisfY the minimum standards established by the Commission.
The Company wil fie and maintain tariffs in the same manner and form as required of
incumbent local exchange telecommunications companies with which Spectrotel seeks to
compete.
Spectrotel management team has had prior experience with competitive local exchange
and interexchange service providers and possesses considerable telecommunications
expertise. Based on the experience and proven track record of the Company's
management team, Spectrotel is technically well-qualified to provide local and
interexchange service in Idaho
Spectrotel wil initially utilze resold services and combinations of network elements
provided by the underlying carrier(s). Underlying carriers wil perform all local
switching, routing and call completion functions. Company personnel have experience
working with underlying carriers of long distance and local services. Applicant's
technical and managerial personnel are well qualified to direct the delivery and biling of
the proposed services.
v. Customer Service
Applicant is responsible for all customer inquiries and complaints. The telephone number for
customer inquiries and complaints is provided by Spectrotel on the customer bil. Spectrotel's
Customer Service Departent may be accessed through a toll-free number: [phone] for
business and [phone] for residential customers. Customer service is available seven days a
week, twenty-four hours a day.
The contact for resolution of customer complaints with the Commission is:
Ross Artle, Chief Operating Offcer
Spectrotel, Inc. d/b/a OneTouch Communications d//a Touch Base
Communications
3535 State Highway 66, Suite 7
Neptune, NJ 07753
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Toll Free: [phone] (Bus)/[phone] (Resi)
Website: ww.spectroteLcom
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VI. Ilustrative Tariff
The Applicant's proposed local and long distance tariff is included with this application as
Exhibit H. The Applicant's access tariff is included with this Application as Exhibit i.
VII. Service Territory
Spectrotel intends to offer service in the entire state ofIdaho.
VIII. Public Interest Standard
Grant of Spectrotel's Application to provide basic resold and facilities-based local exchange
services as well as interexchange services is in the public interest and serves the public
convenience and necessity. In enacting the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, the United
States Congress determined that it is in the public interest to promote competition in the provision
of telecommunications services, including local exchange services. Experience with competition
in other telecommunications markets, such as long distance, competitive access, and customer
premises equipment, demonstrates the benefits that competition can bring to consumers.
Consumers are enjoying increased services, lower prices, higher quality, and greater reliability.
This is tre not only with respect to the service offerings of the new entrants, but also as a result
of the response of incumbent monopoly providers to the introduction of competition.
SpectroteI's proposed services wil provide multiple public benefits by increasing the competitive
choices available to users in Idaho. Enhanced competition in telecommunications services likely
wil further stimulate economic development in Idaho. In addition, increased competition wil
create incentives for all carriers to offer lower prices, more innovative services, and more
responsive customer service.
IX. Waivers and Regulatory Compliance
Spectrotel has reviewed all of the Commission's rules applicable to competitive local exchange
service and interexchange service providers and agrees to abide by those rules including
Commission Rule No. 11408 relating to Number Conservation and all reporting requirements of
the FCC.
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X. Conclusion
This Application demonstrates that Spectotel, Inc. d/b/a OneTouch Communications d//a Touch
Base Communications possesses the technical, financial and managerial resources to provide local
exchange service in Idaho.
Wherefore, Spectrotel, Inc. d/b/a OneTouch Communications d//a Touch Base Communications
respectfully requests that the Commission:
I. grant Spectrotel, Inc. d//a OneTouch Communications d//a Touch Base
Communications authority to operate as a provider of resold and facilties-based. basic
local exchange services within the state ofldaho; and
2. grant such other relief as it deems necessar and appropriate.
Respectfully submitted,
Speetrotel, Inc. d/b/a OneTouch Communications
d/b/a Touch Base Communications
Ld-
RdSs Artale, Chief Operating Offcer
Spectotel, Inc. d/b/a OneTouch Communications d//a
Touch Base Communications
3535 State Highway 66, Suite 7
Neptue, NJ 07753
Idao Loca Application of
Spectrtel, Inc. d//a OneTouch Communications d//a Touch Bas Communications
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