Interconnection, Mutual Service, and Operating Agreements : Telephones

Interconnection, Mutual Service, and Operating Agreements

Caltech Antitrust Case by CLEC Against Pacific Bell Proceeds to Trial
Morrison & Foerster LLP

This article discusses an antitrust lawsuit filed against Pacific Bell that alleges Pacific Bell monopolized local exchange service in California by preventing customers from switching to Caltech.
The Status Quo in German Telecommunications Law: A Legislative Race Towards the Liberalization Deadline
Karl Pilny of Coudert Brothers LLP

Although a last minute regulatory effort had become necessary, the German legislator and the rulemakers in the Ger.
FCC Issues New Rules on Obligations of Incumbent Local Telephone Companies to Lease Portions of Their Networks to Competitors
Perkins Coie

On February 4, 2005, the FCC released its Order on Remand ("Order") in its review of the network equipment and facilities ("unbundled network elements" or "UNEs") that incumbent local telephone companies ("ILECs") must provide at "cost-based" rates to other carriers ("CLECs") for the provision of competing telephone services. The Order responds to the remand by the D.C. Circuit ("USTA II") of certain rulings by the FCC in a prior order known as the "Triennial Review Order" ("TRO"). The new rules adopted in the Order take effect on March 11, 2005.