Verizon wants to kill aspects of its retail regulation in...
Verizon wants to kill aspects of its retail regulation in New Mexico, it told the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Tuesday. “Verizon requests that the Commission exempt the petitioning carriers [seven Verizon affiliates] from all tariff filing requirements, grant Verizon…
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a variance of the Commission’s rules as necessary, and permit Verizon to withdraw its tariffs that apply to its provision of retail intrastate telecommunications services in New Mexico,” the carrier said (http://xrl.us/bnnmuq). Verizon portrayed such a waiver of requirements as a win for all, noting it would “eliminate unnecessary regulatory expenses associated with the tariff filing regime, and enable Verizon to devote its resources to better serving customer needs.” Instead of filing tariffs, Verizon “will post all of the rates, terms and conditions of its intrastate services on the companies’ public websites,” which is “in the public interest, is consistent with the pro-competitive and deregulatory goals of the New Mexico Telecommunications Act, and meets all of the applicable requirements of the Commission’s rules,” Verizon said.