20240821News Release.pdf

Idaho Public Utilities Commission Brad Utde,Governor
P.O. Boot 83720. Boise, ID 83720-0074 Eric Anderson, President
kM R.Mammor4 Jr, Commissioner
Edward Lodge,Commissioner
Case No. CGS-T-24-01
Order No. 36293
Contact: Adam Rush
Office: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
NEWS RELEASE: Commission approves application seeking commercial mobile radio
services agreement between telecom companies.
BOISE (Aug. 21, 2024)—The Idaho Public Utilities Commission has approved an
application that will allow CenturyTel of the Gem State and Gold Star Communications,
LLC to enter into a commercial mobile radio services agreement.
The agreement establishes the terms, conditions, and pricing pertaining to the
interconnection of the networks of the signees. It creates a two-way traffic so that
customers of each signee can place and receive calls that originate from or terminate to a
commercial mobile radio carrier which originate on one part of the network and terminate
on the other network.
The Federal Telecommunications Act allows incumbent local exchange carriers to
voluntarily negotiate with a requesting telecommunications carrier for interconnection,
services or network support. The act requires that interconnection agreements, including
any amendments to them, must be summitted to the commission for approval. The
commission's review is limited, and it may reject an agreement adopted by the parties only

if it finds that the agreement discriminates against atelecommunications carrier that is not
a party to the agreement or the implementation of the agreement is not consistent with the
public interest, convenience and necessity.
In approvingthe agreement, the commission found those were not issues.
Additional information is available at: puc.idaho.gov/case/Details/7327.