19981009.docx

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:COMMISSIONER HANSEN
COMMISSIONER NELSON
COMMISSIONER SMITH
MYRNA WALTERS
TONYA CLARK
RITA SCOTT
DON HOWELL
STEPHANIE MILLER
DAVE SCHUNKE
JOE CUSICK
DAVID SCOTT
WORKING FILE
FROM:WELDON STUTZMAN
DATE:OCTOBER 9, 1998
RE:CASE NOS. CTC-T-98-4, USW-T-98-14, USW-T-98-15, AND USW-T-98-16
PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL OF INTERCONNEC­TION AGREEMENTS
Recently applications involving four interconnection agreements were filed with the Commission.  Each agreement was submitted for approval pursuant to Section 252(e) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.  The four applications involve the following agreements:
1.  Case No. CTC-T-98-4; interconnection agreement between Idaho Mobile Phone, Inc. and Citizens Telecommunications Company.  This agreement involves radio paging services.
2.  Case No. USW-T-98-14; interconnection agreement between U S WEST and Clark Communications, Inc.  This is a wireline interconnection agreement to allow Clark to interconnect  and resell U S WEST services in Idaho.
3.  Case No. USW-T-98-15; interconnection agreement between U S WEST and BG Enterprises, Inc.  This agreement is to allow BG Enterprises to resell U S WEST services.
4.  Case No. USW-T-98-16; interconnection agreement between U S WEST and Project Mutual Telephone Co-operative Association, Inc.  This agreement allows Project Mutual to interconnect with and resell U S WEST services in Idaho.
Each of the agreements was arrived at through voluntary negotiations between the parties.
Staff recommends that the Commission issue a Notice of Application and Notice of Modified Procedure for each agreement and process the approval through Modified Procedure.
Commission Decision
Should the applications for approval of these four interconnection agreements be processed by Modified Procedure?

Weldon Stutzman
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