As it assesses the special access market, the FCC must...
As it assesses the special access market, the FCC must collect data about competitors, said USTelecom and several of its members in a meeting Tuesday with the Wireline Bureau. Such data wasn’t “clearly included” in the current data request (CD…
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Nov 1 p1), USTelecom said in Wednesday ex parte notice. The FCC should seek data about “potential competition, the competitive bidding process” and “self-supply,” it said. In future data requests, the commission should ask for information about “all areas in the [metropolitan statistical area] where competitive providers currently offer or are capable of providing high-capacity services.” The FCC should collect data on areas where competitors plan to offer such service in the next two years, USTelecom said. And it should request data “about competitive providers that may have submitted bids to provide backhaul services to wireless providers or dedicated high-capacity services to other types of customers.” USTelecom also urged the FCC to consider the most current data available given “dynamic changes currently happening in this marketplace.” The FCC’s request sought data that will be more than a year old by the time it’s filed, USTelecom said.