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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 09-501

NOTICES

PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION

Commission Exercise of Jurisdiction to Designate Wireless Carriers as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier under 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Doc. No. M-00960799 (M-2009-2091317)

[39 Pa.B. 1374]
[Saturday, March 14, 2009]

   To All Telecommunications Carriers, Interested Parties and the Public:

   This is to advise that effective February 26, 2009, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (Commission) will exercise the jurisdiction under 47 U.S.C. § 214(e)(2) and 47 CFR Part 54, Subpart C (relating to carriers eligible for universal service carriers) to determine whether requests by wireless carriers to be designated as an ''eligible telecommunications carrier'' (ETC) in this Commonwealth are necessary and in the public interest. As such, petitions and matters related to requests for ETC designations under section 214 must be filed with and approved by the Commission.

   The Commission action on wireless carrier ETC petitions and matters is guided by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) or other Commission precedent and determinations. This includes, but is not limited to, Petition of NEP Cellcorp, Inc. for Designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Docket No. 96-45 (May 1, 2008) (Appendix B); In the Matter of TracFone Wireless, Inc. Petition for ETC Designation in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Docket No. 96-45 (April 11, 2008); In the Matter of NPCR, Inc., d/b/a Nextel Partners, Petition for ETC Designation in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Docket No. 96-45 (August 25, 2004); In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Docket No. 96-45 (March 17, 2005); In the Matter of Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service, Docket No. 96-45 (June 30, 2000); and Procedures for Designation of ETC Carriers Pursuant to section 214(e)(6) of Telecommunications Act of 1996, Docket No. 97-419 (December 29, 1997), et seq.

   Public notice of this decision shall be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and posted on the Commission's web site.

JAMES J. MCNULTY,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 09-501. Filed for public inspection March 13, 2009, 9:00 a.m.]


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