PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/262214.xml PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 California Public Utilities Commission Approves CALTEL UNE Rate Settlement Agreements with AT&T and Verizon http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2234514.htm On February 20, 2009, the California PUC unanimously approved a decision adopting settlement agreements between CALTEL (the California Association of Competitive Telecommunications Companies), and AT&T and Verizon. The CPUC's order adopts mechanisms for updating the rates that competitive providers pay to AT&T and Verizon for unbundled network elements (UNEs) for the next 6-7 years, and extends the benefits of this rate stability to all competitive carriers in California. (PRWeb Mar 16, 2009)

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]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2234514.htm California Public Utilities Commission Issues Decision in Rulemaking on Retirement of Copper Loops by Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1620254.htm On November 13, 2008, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a final decision adopting a notice and negotiation process that Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) must comply with prior to replacing existing copper wiring with fiber optic cable and permanently retiring those copper facilities. Several CPUC Commissioners noted that new technologies have allowed Competitive Local Exchange Carriers to provide high-speed broadband to small and medium business customers over these copper wires. Commissioner John Bohn put ILECs "on notice" that a failure to negotiate in good faith or anticompetitive behavior that unfairly forecloses CLEC access to copper wires may result in future Commission intervention or regulation. (PRWeb Nov 14, 2008)

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]]> Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/11/prweb1620254.htm California Public Utilities Commission Grants CALTEL Petition and Opens Rulemaking to Review Need for Guidelines for Retirement of Copper Loops by Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb619991.htm On January 10, 2008, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved an Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR) granting CALTEL's (the California Association of Competitive Telecommunications Companies') July 11, 2007 Petition. The OIR will "consider whether the Commission should adopt, amend or repeal regulations governing the retirement or other removal" of copper "loops" and related facilities (including copper "drops") by incumbent telecom companies like Verizon and AT&T. (PRWeb Jan 14, 2008)

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]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb619991.htm CALTEL Requests California Public Utilities Commission to Establish Guidelines for Retirement of Copper Loops by Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb539436.htm CALTEL, the California Association of Competitive Telecommunications Companies, has requested the California Public Utilities Commission to open a proceeding to develop processes for the retirement of copper wires that have connected homes and businesses to telephone company networks for decades. The Commission will need to determine if it is in the public interest for incumbent phone companies to disconnect and possibly destroy those copper wires when replacing them with high-speed fiber for Verizon's Fios and AT&T's fiber-to-the-curb IPTV services. (PRWeb Jul 14, 2007)

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