An SBC local market report to the Ohio PUC shows its local share ...
An SBC local market report to the Ohio PUC shows its local share declined to 64% in May, from 73% in May 2003. The report was made public after SBC dropped its demand for confidential treatment of the document,…
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which was filed pursuant to the PUC’s March decision to boost SBC’s unbundled network element rates. That order required SBC to file a bimonthly report on market competition. SBC had wanted this first report treated as a sensitive document because it was based on data obtained through its business relationships with CLECs, but dropped that demand Thurs. after deciding the aggregated data didn’t reveal CLEC-specific information. The report said wireline CLECs had a 20% share, wireless carriers had 10% and cable modem services had 6%. SBC said it lost 11% share during the 12-month study period, while wireline competitors saw a 17% share increase, wireless carriers 38% and cable modem providers a whopping 44% growth. The PUC order required monitoring of competitor market shares because the PUC said it would reconsider the UNE increase if CLECs’ market share showed a significant decline, but this first report showed CLECs’ share holding steady.