980324.docx

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSIONER NELSON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
MYRNA WALTERS
TONYA CLARK
DON HOWELL
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVE SCHUNKE
JOE CUSICK
DAVID SCOTT
WORKING FILE
FROM:WELDON STUTZMAN
DATE:MARCH 24, 1998
RE:CASE NO.  USW-T-98-2; APPLICATION OF U S WESTAND  RECONEX FOR APPROVAL OF INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
On March 19, 1998, a Joint Application for approval of an interconnection agreement was filed by U S WEST and Sterling International Funding, Inc. dba Reconex.  The Application states that the agreement was reached through voluntary negotiations without resort to mediation or arbitration and is submitted for approval pursuant to Section 252(e)(1) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.  The agreement provides for Reconex to resell U S WEST services in Idaho.
Staff recommends that the Joint Application of U S WEST and Reconex be processed by Modified Procedure.
Commission Decision
Should the Joint Application of U S WEST and Reconex for approval of an interconnection agreement be processed by Modified Procedure?

Weldon Stutzman
vld/M:USW-T-98-2.ws