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PRICING POLICY DIVISION
The Pricing Policy Division is responsible for administering the provisions
of the Communications Act requiring that the charges, practices, classifications,
and regulations of common carriers providing interstate and foreign services
are just and reasonable. The Division develops competitive pricing policies
and rules for the retail and wholesale interstate rates charged by price-cap
carriers and rate-of-return carriers; the intercarrier compensation rates
that carriers charge each other; and the rates for resale of local exchange
services, unbundled network elements and interconnection that incumbent carriers
charge competitive carriers. The Division also ensures compliance with Commission
pricing rules and conducts formal or informal investigations of carrier charges,
practices, classifications and regulations, and recommends appropriate action.
The Division also develops rules and polices relating to the Uniform System
of Accounts, affiliate transactions, regulated/non-regulated cost allocations,
and depreciation rates. In conjunction with the Competition Policy Division,
this Division reviews applications from Bell operating companies for authority
to provide in-region interLATA services.
8/27/2008
Order: Petition Of Orbitcom, Inc. For Forbearance From CLEC Access Charge Rules. Denied the Petition filed by OrbitCom requesting that the Commission forbear from tariff regulations set forth in sections 61.26(b) and (c) of the Commission's rules. (Dkt No. 08-162). [Word] [Acrobat] [Word] [Acrobat] [Word] [Acrobat]
8/13/2008
Public Notice: Wireline Competition Bureau Grants Extension Of Time To File Comments On AT&T'S Petition For An Interim Declaratory Ruling And Limited Waivers. (Dkt No 08-152). Comments Due: 08/21/2008. Reply Comments Due: 09/02/2008. [Word] [Acrobat]
8/7/2008
Public Notice: AT&T Files Cost Allocation Manual Revision. Comments Due: 09/08/2008. Reply Comments Due: 09/23/2008. [Word] [Acrobat]
8/5/2008
Public Notice: Petition For Waiver Of Embarq Pleading Cycle Established.(Dkt No 08-160) Comments Due: 08/26/2008. Reply Comments Due: 09/05/2008. [Word] [Acrobat]
7/24/2008
Public Notice: Petition Of AT&T For Interim Declaratory Ruling And Limited Waivers Pleading Cycle Established. (Dkt No 08-152). Comments Due: 08/14/2008. Reply Comments Due: 08/25/2008. [Word] [Acrobat]
7/1/2008
Order: JULY 1, 2008 Annual Access Charge Tariff Filings. Annual Access Tariff Charge Order. [Word] [Acrobat]
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Pricing Flexibility
In the Access Charge Reform Fifth Report and Order, the Commission
established the parameters for granting flexibility in the pricing of interstate
access services by incumbent local exchange carriers (LECs) subject to price
cap regulation. The pricing flexibility framework the Commission adopted
in the Access Charge Reform Fifth Report and Order is designed to
grant greater flexibility to price cap LECs as competition develops, while
ensuring that: (1) price cap LECs do not use pricing flexibility to deter
efficient entry or engage in exclusionary pricing behavior; and (2) price
cap LECs do not increase rates to unreasonable levels for customers that
lack competitive alternatives. In addition, the reforms were designed to
facilitate the removal of services from price cap regulation as competition
develops in the marketplace, without imposing undue administrative burdens
on the Commission or the industry.
The Wireline Competition Bureau has released several orders granting petitions
of price cap LECs seeking pricing flexibility in accordance with the rules
adopted in the Access Charge Reform Fifth Report and Order.
CALLS MADE FROM PAYPHONES
Section 276 of the Act directs the Commission to take a number of actions
to promote competition among payphone services and the widespread deployment
of payphone services to the general public. The FCC has taken steps also
to ensure fair compensation to payphone service providers for each and every
call placed from payphones.
A payphone service provider is the person or entity who owns the payphone
instrument, such as the local telephone company, an independent company,
or the owner of the premises where the payphone is located. [Consumer Fact Sheet]
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