20120113Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM 1
DECISION MEMORANDUM

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

FROM: NEIL PRICE
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

DATE: JANUARY 13, 2012

SUBJECT: APPLICATION OF TC SYSTEMS, INC. FOR REGISTRATION AS A
WHOLESALE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER IN IDAHO, CASE
NO. TCS-T-11-01

On November 22, 2011, TC Systems, Inc. (“TCS” or “Company”) filed an
Application, pursuant to Commission Rule 114, IDAPA 31.01.01.114, as clarified in Procedural
Order No. 32277 in Case No. GNR-T-11-01, to be recognized by the Commission as a
telecommunications company that does not intend to provide basic local exchange service.
Application at 1.
THE APPLICATION
TCS is a Delaware corporation and lists its principal place of business as Bedminster,
NJ. Id. at 1. TCS is registered with the Idaho Secretary of State as a foreign corporation and
lists CT Corporation System, 111 W. Jefferson, Suite 530, Boise, Idaho 83702, as its Idaho
registered agent for service. Id. at 2, Exhibit 2.
In its Application, TCS states that it is a “competitive telecommunications company
that intends to offer wholesale transport service to one of its affiliates in the state of Idaho.” Id.
at 1. TCS advises that it “has contacted CenturyLink and will initiate interconnection
negotiations upon submission of this application.” Id. at 4. The Company “has reviewed the
Commission’s rules governing telecommunications services in Idaho” and commits to providing
“service in accordance with these rules to the extent they are not preempted by the Federal Act.”
Id. The Company also “acknowledges that as a non-paging telecommunications carrier in the
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State of Idaho, Applicant will be subject to numbering conservation measures, including
mandatory one thousand (1,000) block pooling, pursuant to Commission Order No. 30425.” Id.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff has reviewed TCS’ Application and other supporting documentation and
recommends that the Application be processed through Modified Procedure with a
corresponding 21-day comment period.
COMMISSION DECISION
Should TCS’ Application for registration as a wholesale telecommunications provider
be processed through Modified Procedure with a corresponding 21-day comment period?

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