20041001Decision Memo.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:CO MMISSI 0 NER KJELLAND ER
COMMISSIONER SMITH
CO MMISSI 0 NER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
FROM:DONOVAN E. WALKER
DATE:SEPTEMBER 28, 2004
SUBJECT:APPLICATION OF XO COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. FOR A
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; CASE
NO. XOC-04-
On July 27, 2004 XO Communications Services, Inc. filed an Application for a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity with the Commission seeking its review and
approval. The Application states that XO Communications Services intends to offer a complete
set of telecommunications services which includes local and long distance voice, Internet
access, Virtual Private Networking (VPN), Ethernet, Wavelength, Web Hosting, and Integrated
voice and data services. The proposed service area is statewide. The Application states that the
company will provide services primarily to small and medium-sized business customers, as well
as large business enterprises (e., national customers with multiple locations), governmental
entities, and institutional end users.
According to the Application XO Communications Services, the Applicant, and
Idaho Inc. are both wholly owned, direct subsidiaries of XO Communications, Inc. XO Idaho is
currently authorized to provide competitive local exchange and interexchange
telecommunications services pursuant a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity granted
by this Commission in Case No. GEN-99-, Order No. 28134. XO Communications Services
states that the purpose of the Application is to complete an internal corporate reorganization
whereby, upon the Commission s grant of authority requested by the Application, XO Idaho will
transfer its intrastate telecommunications assets and customers to XO Communications Services
through a merger between the two subsidiaries. After the merger, XO Idaho will cease to exist
and XO Communications Services will assume all of XO Idaho s current operations and
customers.
DECISION MEMORANDUM
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Application be processed by modified procedure, and a
comment period opened.
COMMISSION DECISION
Should the Application of XO Communications Services for a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity be processed by modified procedure?
Donovan E. Walker
DECISION MEMORANDUM