Level 3 met with FCC Wireline Bureau officials to discuss...
Level 3 met with FCC Wireline Bureau officials to discuss several intercarrier compensation and interconnection questions raised by a potential grant (CD July 23 p18) of VoIP requests for direct access to numbering resources (http://xrl.us/bnhxax). The Internet backbone provider wanted…
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to know whether Vonage or any other VoIP provider granted a waiver would be required to participate in arbitration before a state commission if commercial negotiations exchange of local traffic and interconnection fails. Level 3 also asked if VoIP providers receiving waivers would have to establish interconnection agreements with ILECs in each area where they receive numbers, so that other carriers can indirectly interconnect with them. Level 3 urged the bureau to work with the International Bureau and agencies outside the commission to ensure proper safeguards are established regarding foreign affiliate and international transfer of control rules.