May 2003
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In this issue:
Wireless Carriers Call for Landline to Wireless Number Portability
ATS Releases New CDR Analysis Service Bureau
ATS has released a re-vamped version of its AMADEUS service bureau that analyzes CDR data and produces reports and solutions in these areas:
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Management & Control Reporting
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Reciprocal Compensation Reporting and Analysis
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Carrier Access Reporting
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PIU (Percent of Interstate Use) Analysis
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Terminating Minute of Use Validation
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Anomaly Analysis (Fraud)
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Terminating Trunk Groups [More] [Top of Page]
Telecom Depreciation Bill Introduced
Sens. Don Nickles (R-OK) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) offered legislation to make wireless telecommunications equipment eligible for depreciation treatment on par with other qualified technological gear. [More] [Top of Page]
WorldCom
Files Reorganization Plan, Changes Name
WorldCom filed its official reorganization plan with the
bankruptcy court overseeing its Chapter 11 proceedings after receiving
approval from its creditors. The company said it now could exit bankruptcy
protection in September 2003, earlier than originally expected. There are
a number of major points involved in the reorganization plan. As expected,
the company announced that it will change its brand name to MCI, which was
formerly the name of its consumer long distance division, and it will
launch an aggressive marketing campaign. The company also appointed Robert
Blakely as its chief financial officer, and it will move its headquarters
from Clinton, Mississippi, to Ashburn, Virginia. By filing its
reorganization plan with officials, WorldCom completed the 100-day
restructuring initiative put into place by CEO Michael Capellas.
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Wireless Carriers Call for Landline to Wireless Number Portability
In comments to the Federal Communications Commission, wireless carriers said that landline phone companies should let customers keep their phone numbers when they change to wireless service. According to consumer groups, providing such number portability would increase competition in the landline phone service market. Although very limited landline to wireless number portability currently exists, a customer must be in the same rate center used by both the landline and wireless carriers. The FCC said it would rule on the landline to wireless issue before the November 24 deadline for implementing number portability. Meanwhile, lawyers for CTIA and Verizon Wireless will present before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit the argument that the FCC overstepped its authority when it mandated number portability. [Top of Page] [Read an Editorial By Grahame Lynch of America's Network Magazine on the Subject]
Intercarrier Compensation Update
Representatives of AT&T met with members of the Wireline Competition Bureau to discuss its position on petitions filed by US LEC Corporation and T-Mobile USA for Declaratory Ruling regarding Intercarrier Compensation for wireless traffic. AT&T reiterated its position that the FCC should deny the US LEC petition because US LEC is asking for the ability to impose additional access charges on interexchange carriers, when if fact, the CLEC is providing no new service or functionality. AT&T stated the when a CLEC replaces the ILEC in providing tandem switching or other access functions, it should only be permitted to charge the ILEC rate for access functions, not the full CLEC benchmark rate. [Top of Page]
OffBeat News: Irish Pub Kickstarts Kabul Nightlife
In Taliban times, it would have been unimaginable: a fully stocked
Irish pub serving whiskey and cold beer in the heart of Afghanistan's
ultra-Islamic capital.
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