Ida. PUC said Qwest had complied with only 3 items on Sec. 271 op...
Ida. PUC said Qwest had complied with only 3 items on Sec. 271 open market checklist’s requirements that weren’t related to operation support systems (OSS). PUC said Qwest met requirement for nondiscriminatory number administration (item 9), access to network…
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databases for signaling and call routing (10), and local dialing parity (12). Agency said Qwest party met operator access requirement (7) insofar as access to 911 and call-completion goes, but hadn’t met directory assistance access standard of that checklist item. PUC made its decision after reviewing Qwest’s Ida. record and studying report from Liberty Consulting Group, which was chosen by Ida. and 6 other Qwest states as facilitator for joint proceeding on Qwest’s compliance with non-OSS-related requirements of Telecom Act’s 14-point competitive checklist. Besides Ida., other participating states are Ia., Utah, N.M., N.D., Mont., Wyo. Other states in group plan to issue their own evaluations soon. Wyo. PSC plans May 10 hearing on checklist compliance and Mont. PSC is planning a workshop session to be announced later this week. OSS-related checklist items are subject of regionwide test now under way by KPMG Consulting that will wrap up in late summer.