The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission suspended its pending i...
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission suspended its pending inquiry into Qwest’s unbundled network element (UNE) pricing while it studies jurisdictional questions raised by Qwest. Qwest last month said federal law doesn’t give the state jurisdiction over rates and terms…
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of UNEs not covered by Telecom Act Sec. 251 (Case P421/CI-07-370). That means the PUC lacks authority to address charges for converting Section 251 UNEs to market-based wholesale services, or rates and terms of wholesale service arrangements that bundle UNEs with non-UNE services, Qwest said. The PUC referred the threshold jurisdiction issue to an administrative law judge, who will gauge PUC authority over conversion charges and wholesale bundled arrangements, and the point at which UNEs enter the FCC’s exclusive domain. The PUC order set a July 3 procedural conference on the jurisdiction case (P421/CI-07- 371).