20050118_1062.pdf

DECISION MEMORANDUM
TO:CO MMISSI 0 NER KJELLAND ER
CO MMISSI 0 NER SMITH
CO MMISSI 0 NER HANSEN
COMMISSION SECRETARY
COMMISSION STAFF
LEGAL
FROM:DONOVAN E. WALKER
DATE:JANUARY 11 , 2005
SUBJECT:APPLICATION OF COMMP ARTNERS, LLC FOR A CERTIFICAT OF
PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY CASE NO. CMP-04-
On November 16, 2004, CommPartners, LLC filed an Application for a Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity to provide facilities-based and resale local exchange and
interexchange services in the State of Idaho. According to the Application, CommPartners is in
the process of building an Internet Protocol (IP) based communications network throughout all
50 states and the District of Columbia. The network is designed to connect public and private IP
networks with the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The Company will provide the
network needed for V oice-Over- Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers to originate and terminate IP-
based communications, as well as allow for the termination of traditional circuit-switched
telephone calls. The traffic to be carried over this network will be comprised of primarily
information services traffic such as V oIP, as well as interstate, intrastate interLA T A, intraLA T A
and local traffic.
CommPartners is organized as a Nevada Limited Liability Company. The Application
states that it has an Operating Agreement and Certificate of Status issued by the Idaho Secretary
of State stating that it is qualified to transact business in the State of Idaho. The Company
principal place of business is in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Company states that it will primarily
be providing network transit and associated operations support systems for VoIP traffic to
wholesale customers. CommPartners proposed service area will be all areas served
incumbent local exchange carriers, Qwest and Verizon that are required by the
Telecommunications Act of 1996 to interconnect their networks with competitive local exchange
carners.
DECISION MEMORANDUM
CommPartners network is a "hub-centric" topology consisting of switching centers in Las
Vegas, Chicago, Atlanta, and New York. These switching centers are collocation points situated
in highly sophisticated environments where large numbers of network providers meet for
interconnection among their networks. At these locations, CommPartners has placed softswitch
equipment, routers and border control devices.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Application be processed by modified procedure.
COMMISSION DECISION
Should the Application of CommPartners, LLC for a Certificate of Public Convenience
and Necessity be processed by modified procedure?
DECISION MEMORANDUM