Ohio PUC found Ameritech Mobile and AirTouch Cellular guilty of v...
Ohio PUC found Ameritech Mobile and AirTouch Cellular guilty of violating regulatory requirements that they separate their wholesale and retail operations and offer their wholesale services on nondiscriminatory basis to all cellular resellers. PUC in case 93-1758-RC-CSS ruled on…
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complaint by wireless reseller Cellnet alleging Ameritech and AirTouch had provided their retail reseller affiliates with favorable rates and terms that they denied to unaffiliated resellers, allowing affiliates to unfairly undercut Cellnet in retail markets. PUC in 99-page order dismissed companies’ multiple defenses and held them guilty of discriminating against Cellnet. Agency acted after determining it had jurisdiction because case involved rate discriminatory conduct, not rate challenge. PUC ordered companies to cease unlawful conduct, but since this was companies’ first offense it declined to impose any penalties. In another matter, PUC set Feb. 7 hearing to collect public comment on whether customers in Columbus 614 area code preferred geographic split or overlay for code relief. Split plan would put Columbus and its outer suburbs into separate area codes. Current code is projected to run out of numbers in fall 2002.